Deliverance
What did happen on the Cahulawassee River?
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
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Craft
- Worldwide
- $46M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
16 billed performers
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Movie DNA
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Story overview
What It's About
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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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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Deliverance returned 23.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $46M
- Release date
- Aug 18, 1972
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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