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18/08/1972 Drama, Adventure, Thriller 1h 49m
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What did happen on the Cahulawassee River?

Overview

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.

  1. John Boorman

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jon Voight

    Ed Gentry

  2. Burt Reynolds

    Lewis Medlock

  3. Ned Beatty

    Bobby Trippe

  4. Ronny Cox

    Drew Ballinger

  5. Ed Ramey

    Old Man at the Gas-Station

  6. Billy Redden

    Lonnie - The Banjo Boy

  7. Seamon Glass

    First Griner

  8. Randall Deal

    Second Griner

  9. Bill McKinney

    Mountain Man

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-12-04
This is one of those films I remember watching as a kid and being genuinely scared! It centres around a bunch of city folks who decide to canoe down the Cahulawassee river before it is dammed to make a giant reservoir. The four men arrive at the backwater town where they are to start their journey, and meet a population that progress has largely skipped and where the gene-pool is sadly nowhere as deep as the river. "Drew" (Ronny Cox) plucks his guitar and gets a response from local lad "Lonnie" (Billy Redden) and for the next four minutes or so, "Duelling Banjos" offers quite an astonishing de...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,000,000.00

Revenue
$46,122,355.00

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