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The River

12/01/1984

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2hrs 2min

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Drama

He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Mel Gibson
  • Sissy Spacek
  • Scott Glenn
  • Billy Green Bush
  • Shane Bailey

    Directors

  • Mark Rydell
  • Jerry Ziesmer
  • Robert Yannetti
  • Tena Psyche Yatroussis
  • Betsy Norton

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Universal Pictures

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Mel Gibson

Tom Garvey

Sissy Spacek

Mae Garvey

Scott Glenn

Joe Wade

Billy Green Bush

Harve Stanley

Shane Bailey

Lewis Garvey

Becky Jo Lynch

Beth Garvey

Don Hood

Senator Neiswinder

James Tolkan

Howard Simpson

Bob W. Douglas

Hal Richardson

Andy Stahl

Dave Birkin

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