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The River

He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?

1984 · PG · 2h 2m

Directed by Mark Rydell

6.4

TMDB audience score
143 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • Mel Gibson
    Tom Garvey

  • Sissy Spacek
    Mae Garvey

  • Scott Glenn
    Joe Wade

  • Billy Green Bush
    Harve Stanley

  • Shane Bailey
    Lewis Garvey

  • Becky Jo Lynch
    Beth Garvey

  • Don Hood
    Senator Neiswinder

  • James Tolkan
    Howard Simpson

  • Bob W. Douglas
    Hal Richardson

  • Andy Stahl
    Dave Birkin

  • Lisa Sloan
    Judy Birkin

  • Larry D. Ferrell
    Rod Tessley

  • Susie Toomey
    Sally Tessley

  • Kelly Toomey
    Lisa Tessley

  • Frank Hoyt Taylor
    Zemke

  • Amy Rydell
    Betty Gaumer

  • Samuel Scott Osborne
    Billy Gaumer

  • Charles Robinson
    Truck