The River

★6.4·00·1984·2h 2m

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.

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Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson Tom Garvey
Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek Mae Garvey
Scott Glenn
Scott Glenn Joe Wade
Billy Green Bush
Billy Green Bush Harve Stanley
Shane Bailey Lewis Garvey
Becky Jo Lynch Beth Garvey
Don Hood
Don Hood Senator Neiswinder
James Tolkan
James Tolkan Howard Simpson
Bob W. Douglas Hal Richardson
Andy Stahl
Andy Stahl Dave Birkin

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He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?

★6.4· 1984· 2h 2m· Drama

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.

Release date1 Dec 1984
DirectorMark Rydell
LanguageEN
StatusReleased

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