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
(130 votes)

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

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