The River

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 Tom Garvey

Sissy Spacek Mae Garvey

Scott Glenn Joe Wade

Billy Green Bush Harve Stanley

Shane Bailey Lewis Garvey