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.
Directed by John Boorman
rape
based on novel or book
river
banjo
strangeness
wound
wilderness
georgia
canoe
rafting
hillbilly
rapids
male rape
Rank
#11 in 1972·#2378 overall
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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
Seamon Glass
First Griner
Bill McKinney
Mountain Man
Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward
Toothless Man
Kathy Rickman
Nurse
Pete Ware
Taxi Driver
James Dickey
Sheriff Bullard
Crew
John Boorman
Director
James Dickey
Screenplay
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
John Boorman
Producer
James Dickey
Novel
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Bill Butler
Second Unit Director of Photography
Popular Reviews
605 reviews
Henry
7.0★ · 06/04/26
I never want to see that pig scene again
I never want to see that pig scene again
IsaiahWFilms
8.0★ · 06/03/26
Just dudes on a nice lil weekend get away nothing else just dudes being dudes
Just dudes on a nice lil weekend get away nothing else just dudes being dudes
Em El
5.0★ · 06/02/26
Big thanks to my local theater for showing this on film so I no longer have to wonder what a 5-minute-long rape scene looks like on 35mm
Big thanks to my local theater for showing this on film so I no longer have to wonder what a 5-minute-long rape scene looks like on 35mm
Max Hernand
6.0★ · 05/19/26
Ned Beatty should’ve been in every movie
Otherwise this sucked
Ned Beatty should’ve been in every movie
Otherwise this sucked
Pseudophilosopher
8.0★ · 05/10/26
“Don’t you ever come back to this town again”
Where do we really go when we break the fundamental rules of society. It’s not a pretty place
“Don’t you ever come back to this town again”
Where do we really go when we break the fundamental rules of society. It’s not a pretty place
