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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.
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- Director
- John Boorman
- Written by
- James Dickey, James Dickey
- Produced by
- John Boorman
- Cinematographer
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Editor
- Tom Priestley
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 7.3/10 (1,793 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 90% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 80/100
- IMDb
- 7.6/10 (128,074 votes)
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
Johnny Popwell
Ambulance Driver
John Fowler
Doctor
Kathy Rickman
Nurse
Louise Coldren
Mrs. Biddiford
Pete Ware
Taxi Driver
James Dickey
Sheriff Bullard
Crew
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Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — FOLK Pt 7: Straw Dogs (1971) & Deliverance (1972)
Appears in
Carol Clover — Men, Women, and Chain Saws
Folk Horror - The Evolution of Horror Podcast
Kim Newman — Nightmare Movies
Slant Magazine: 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time
Stephen King — Danse Macabre
