The River
The River
6.4
|November 30, 1984|2h 2m|Movie
Drama

Storyline

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.

Top Cast

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

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

?

Lisa Sloan

Judy Birkin

?

Larry D. Ferrell

Rod Tessley

?

Susie Toomey

Sally Tessley

?

Kelly Toomey

Lisa Tessley

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Zemke

Amy Rydell

Amy Rydell

Betty Gaumer

Samuel Scott Osborne

Samuel Scott Osborne

Billy Gaumer

Charles Robinson

Charles Robinson

Truck

?

Ivan Green

Smoot

?

Desmond Couch

Wilderfoot

Director

Mark Rydell

Writers

Robert Dillon, Julian Barry

Status

Released

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