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.
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| Directing | Elia Kazan | Director |
| Writing | Paul Osborn | Screenplay |
| Editing | William Reynolds | Editor |
| Camera | Ellsworth Fredericks | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Kenyon Hopkins | Music |
| Writing | William Bradford Huie | Novel |
| Production | Elia Kazan | Producer |
| Writing | Borden Deal | Novel |
| Art | Herman A. Blumenthal | Art Direction |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Art | Joseph Kish | Set Decoration |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Hill Johnstone | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Turpin | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Charles H. Maguire | Assistant Director |
| Art | Don B. Greenwood | Property Master |
| Sound | Eugene Grossman | Sound |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Sound |
| Lighting | Clyde Taylor | Gaffer |
| Camera | Haskell Wexler | Additional Photography |
| Editing | Leonard Doss | Colorist |
