The River (1984)

6.4/10 122 min Drama

Overview

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.

Cast

Mel Gibson

Tom Garvey

Sissy Spacek

Mae Garvey

Scott Glenn

Joe Wade

Billy Green Bush

Harve Stanley

Don Hood

Senator Neiswinder

James Tolkan

Howard Simpson

Andy Stahl

Dave Birkin

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Zemke

Amy Rydell

Betty Gaumer

Samuel Scott Osborne

Billy Gaumer

Charles Robinson

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