The River

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1984 · 122 min · PG · Drama · TMDB 6.4/10

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.

Directed by Mark Rydell

Cast

• Mel Gibson — Tom Garvey
• Sissy Spacek — Mae Garvey
• Scott Glenn — Joe Wade
• Billy Green Bush — Harve Stanley
• Shane Bailey — Lewis Garvey