Movie

The River

★ 6.4/10 · 141 votes 1984 2h 2m Released

Drama

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

Mel Gibson Tom Garvey Sissy Spacek Mae Garvey Scott Glenn Joe Wade Billy Green Bush Harve Stanley S Shane Bailey Lewis Garvey B Becky Jo Lynch Beth Garvey