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The River (1984)
Directed by Mark Rydell
Overview
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.
Rated PG | Length 122 minutes
Actors
Mel Gibson | Sissy Spacek | Scott Glenn | Billy Green Bush | Shane Bailey | Becky Jo Lynch | Don Hood | James Tolkan | Bob W. Douglas | Andy Stahl | Lisa Sloan | Larry D. Ferrell | Susie Toomey | Kelly Toomey | Frank Hoyt Taylor | Amy Rydell | Samuel Scott Osborne | Charles Robinson | Ivan Green | Desmond Couch | Charles G. Riddle | Jim Antonio | David Hart | Barry Primus | Mark Erickson | Jack Starrett | Dean Whitworth | Chuck Hanson | Ira M. Quillen II | Matt Bearson | Timothy Shadden | Elizabeth Lane | Gary Gershaw