A canoe trip down a remote Georgia river turns into a nightmare when four city men encounter hostile locals and a brutal fight for survival. Deliverance is a landmark thriller that blends rural menace, survival tension, and psychological trauma into one of the most influential American films of the 1970s.

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Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.