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Synopsis: A young field administrator for the TVA comes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam on the Tennessee River. 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 an elderly woman from her home on an island in the River, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter.
Director(s): Elia Kazan
Production: Fox
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
APPROVED
Year:
1960
110 min
354 Views


Get out of it!

Bailey, you damaged my house

and you're paying for it!

- Time to go, Mr. Glover!

- Bailey, you shot at me.

- I shot at the lamp.

- You shot at me!

- Well, Mr. Glover.

- Sure is nice to meet you.

- Sure has been fitting to meet you.

- When are you going home?

- How's Eleanor up there.

- Who's Eleanor?

Eleanor Roosevelt.

My pickup. You did!

I'll see you to the train.

Glover!

Watch it, Chuck.

Bailey.

There's no way to scare me out.

I came down here to do a job and...

Carol!

Muss him up!

What that matter with you?

What are you doing?

No, no don't.

Let me go.

- Do you know what you just did?

- Don't hit a woman.

I don't want a word out of you.

Time to go beddy-bye.

You just smacked a woman

right on the ground.

Don't hit a woman.

Don't hit a woman.

Who else is gonna say a word?

Go on, another word.

I want to hear another word

out of someone!

Just say one word.

- Sheriff.

- How you getting along?

All right, I guess.

A little tired.

Why don't you all go on home?

Anything I can do for you,

Mrs. Carol?

Get off my place now.

You know...

I wish some day I could win

maybe one fight.

You were wonderful up there.

I don't care if you ever win

a fight.

Marry me?

I know I'll probably

regret it.

I'm sure you'll regret it,

but...

Get your hat, get a coat,

wash up. All right?

All right.

"And now, by the authority invested

in me by the State of Tennessee

as a Justice of Peace,

I pronounce you man and wife.

What God has joined together

let no man put asunder. "

Five dollars, please.

Five dollars, please.

Anyway, it's got a porch.

I hope she likes it.

"You have refused to vacate

said property you are therefore,

hereby commanded to immediately

and forthwith vacate

the real estate, buildings,

outbuildings,

and the premises, designated

as Tract 3, 4, 9, 6, 4, 7,

and this you'll in nowise fail

to do under the penalty of the law.

Signed, Allan R. Nealy,

District judge. "

That's it.

What are you waiting for?

There she goes!

Well, this is it.

Granma, you look kind of tired.

Don't you want to go in

and lie down?

Carol.

Yes, Granma.

I owe Frank Zachary

16 cents

for two pounds of sugar.

You see that he gets it

next time you go in.

Yes, Granma.

That's all I owe.

Anybody.

Chuck!

Well, here she goes.

Granma just died.

You had it to do. There was

nothing else you could've done.

It looks like we're ready to go.

Go ahead.

Yeah.

Okay, go ahead!

"Truly, truly, I say to you

she who believeth

hath life eternal. "

Barbara Ann!

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Paul Osborn

Paul Osborn (September 4, 1901 – May 12, 1988) was an American playwright and screenwriter. Osborn's notable original plays are The Vinegar Tree, Oliver Oliver, and Morning's at Seven and among his several successful adaptations, On Borrowed Time has proved particularly popular. Counted among his best-known screenplays would be the adaptation of John Steinbeck's East of Eden and Wild River for his friend Elia Kazan, South Pacific and Sayonara directed by Joshua Logan, as well as Madame Curie, The Yearling, and Portrait of Jennie. more…

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