
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.
Release Date: 1984-12-01
Drama
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Casts

Mel Gibson
as Tom Garvey

Sissy Spacek
as Mae Garvey

Scott Glenn
as Joe Wade

Billy Green Bush
as Harve Stanley

Shane Bailey
as Lewis Garvey

Don Hood
as Senator Neiswinder

James Tolkan
as Howard Simpson

Andy Stahl
as Dave Birkin

Frank Hoyt Taylor
as Zemke

Amy Rydell
as Betty Gaumer