The River

IMDb 6.4 1984 • 122 min • Drama

Director

Mark Rydell

Country

US

Plot Summary

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