Story Line
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
“What did happen on the Cahulawassee River?”
Top Cast
Jon Voight
Ed Gentry
Burt Reynolds
Lewis Medlock
Ned Beatty
Bobby Trippe
Ronny Cox
Drew Ballinger
Ed Ramey
Old Man at the Gas-Station
Billy Redden
Lonnie - The Banjo Boy
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Rating
7.3/ 10
Release Date
1972-08-18
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
DramaAdventureThriller
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User Reviews (5)
talisencrw
10/10
•7/19/2016This was remarkable and scared the crap out of me. I read the book eons ago, probably 1988, for a first-year university class back when I was earning my first degree. Not a Burt Reynolds fan, and having only seen two other works by Boorman (the great...
John Chard
10/10
•8/11/2016Brutal, Beautiful and Brilliant.
Four Atlanta friends - Lewis (Burt Reynolds), Ed (John Voight), Bobby (Ned Beatty), and Drew (Ronny Cox) – decide to canoe down the Cahulawassee River out in the Georgia wilderness. They see it as a test of manline...
Bazzjazz
9/10
•7/16/2018The Banjo scene still haunts me today!
Never mind the New Beaty scene.
Great movie.
Filipe Manuel Neto
3/10
•3/11/2024**It would certainly have been more interesting at the time it was released.**
When this film came out in 1972, there was something interesting about themes linked to nature and the environment. Not that environmentalism was in vogue, but it was t...