The depiction of the TVA's controversial employment of African-American laborers in the 1930s South.
The screenplay by Paul Osborn was based on two novels: Mud on the Stars (William Bradford Huie) and Dunbar's Cove (Borden Deal). Fango_sulle_stelle_HD_1960_
The film is set in the 1930s and follows Chuck Glover (Montgomery Clift), an administrator for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). He is tasked with convincing a stubborn 80-year-old matriarch, Ella Garth (Jo Van Fleet), to leave her family island before it is flooded by a new dam. During the process, he falls in love with her widowed granddaughter, Carol (Lee Remick). Key Production Facts Elia Kazan. Starring: Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, and Jo Van Fleet. The depiction of the TVA's controversial employment of