Deliverance

“What did happen on the Cahulawassee River?”

7.3(1,769)19721h 49m

DramaAdventureThriller

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.

Director

John Boorman

Budget

$2.0M

Revenue

$46.1M

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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

Randall Deal

Second Griner

Bill McKinney

Mountain Man

Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward

Toothless Man

Lewis Crone

First Deputy

Ken Keener

Second Deputy

Reviews

5 reviews

talisencrw

9y ago

10.0

This 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 'Point Blank' and the not-so-great 'Exorcist II: The Heretic'), I wasn't in a huge hurry to rush out and see the film. BIG mistake on my part, to be ...

John Chard

9y ago

10.0

Brutal, 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 manliness whilst also wanting to experience this part of nature before the whole valley is flooded over to make way for the upcoming construction of a dam an...