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The River

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.

1984 |2h 2m |  Drama

Videos

Cast

cast

Mel Gibson

Tom Garvey

cast

Sissy Spacek

Mae Garvey

cast

Scott Glenn

Joe Wade

cast

Billy Green Bush

Harve Stanley

cast

Shane Bailey

Lewis Garvey

cast

Don Hood

Senator Neiswinder

cast

James Tolkan

Howard Simpson

cast

Andy Stahl

Dave Birkin

cast

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Zemke

cast

Amy Rydell

Betty Gaumer

cast

Samuel Scott Osborne

Billy Gaumer

cast

Charles Robinson

Truck

cast

Jim Antonio

Dan Gaumer

cast

David Hart

Harley

cast

Barry Primus

Roy

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$18,000,000.00

Revenue

$11,500,000.00