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The River

(1984)

December 1, 1984 2h 2m
63%
TMDB Score

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.

Mark Rydell

Director

Top Billed Cast

MG

Mel Gibson

Tom Garvey

SS

Sissy Spacek

Mae Garvey

SG

Scott Glenn

Joe Wade

BGB

Billy Green Bush

Harve Stanley

SB

Shane Bailey

Lewis Garvey

BJL

Becky Jo Lynch

Beth Garvey

DH

Don Hood

Senator Neiswinder

JT

James Tolkan

Howard Simpson

BWD

Bob W. Douglas

Hal Richardson

AS

Andy Stahl

Dave Birkin

Official Trailer

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