The River
Released
December 1, 1984
Runtime: 2h 2m
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.
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Cast & Crew
Mel Gibson
Tom Garvey
Sissy Spacek
Mae Garvey
Scott Glenn
Joe Wade
Billy Green Bush
Harve Stanley
- SB
Shane Bailey
Lewis Garvey
- BL
Becky Jo Lynch
Beth Garvey
Don Hood
Senator Neiswinder
James Tolkan
Howard Simpson
- BD
Bob W. Douglas
Hal Richardson
Andy Stahl
Dave Birkin
- LS
Lisa Sloan
Judy Birkin
- LF
Larry D. Ferrell
Rod Tessley
- ST
Susie Toomey
Sally Tessley
- KT
Kelly Toomey
Lisa Tessley
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Zemke
Amy Rydell
Betty Gaumer
Samuel Scott Osborne
Billy Gaumer
Charles Robinson
Truck
Mark Rydell
Director
- RD
Robert Dillon
Story
Julian Barry
Screenplay
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