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.
Unfortunately the movie Wild River is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Art | Herman A. Blumenthal | Art Direction |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Hill Johnstone | Costume Design |
| Camera | Haskell Wexler | Additional Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Don B. Greenwood | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Turpin | Hairstylist |
| Lighting | Clyde Taylor | Gaffer |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Charles H. Maguire | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Leonard Doss | Colorist |
| Art | Joseph Kish | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Eugene Grossman | Sound |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Sound |
| Writing | Paul Osborn | Screenplay |
| Directing | Elia Kazan | Director |
| Writing | William Bradford Huie | Novel |
| Editing | William Reynolds | Editor |
| Sound | Kenyon Hopkins | Music |
| Production | Elia Kazan | Producer |
| Writing | Borden Deal | Novel |
| Camera | Ellsworth Fredericks | Director of Photography |
