A young bureaucrat for the Tennessee Valley Authority goes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolves around the eviction of a stubborn octogenarian from her home on an island in the river, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation.
Runtime duration
Language
EN
Year
1960
Rating
7.2/10
99 votes • HD
People
Chuck Glover
Carol Garth Baldwin
Ella Garth
Hank Bailey
Hamilton Garth
Cal Garth
Jack Roper
Betty Jackson
Walter Clark
Sy Moore
Sam Johnson (uncredited)
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