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.
Jon Voight
as Ed Gentry
Burt Reynolds
as Lewis Medlock
Ned Beatty
as Bobby Trippe
Ronny Cox
as Drew Ballinger
Ed Ramey
as Old Man at the Gas-Station
Billy Redden
as Lonnie - The Banjo Boy
Seamon Glass
as First Griner
Randall Deal
as Second Griner
Bill McKinney
as Mountain Man
Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward
as Toothless Man
Lewis Crone
as First Deputy
Ken Keener
as Second Deputy
