Drama / Adventure / Thriller /

Score: 73.1%( 1695 votes )

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.

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

Macon McCalman
Deputy Queen

Hoyt Pollard
Boy at Gas Station

Belinda Beatty
Martha Gentry

Charley Boorman
Ed's Boy