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.
Chuck Glover
Carol Garth Baldwin
Ella Garth
Hank Bailey
Hamilton Garth
Cal Garth
Jack Roper
Betty Jackson
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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.
Chuck Glover
Carol Garth Baldwin
Ella Garth
Hank Bailey
Hamilton Garth
Cal Garth
Jack Roper
Betty Jackson
Movie / 2024
Movie / 1964
Movie / 2024
Movie / 1967
Movie / 1960
Movie / 2012
Movie / 1991
Movie / 1943
Movie / 1949
Movie / 2015
Movie / 2015
Movie / 2024
Movie / 1968
Movie / 2024
Movie / 2019
Movie / 2018
Movie / 1994
Movie / 2024
Movie / 2024
Movie / 2022