The River (1984)

Name: The River
Director: Mark Rydell
Released: 1984-12-01
Duration: 122 min

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Title: The River

Genre: Drama

Cast: 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

Release: 1984-12-01

Runtime: 122

Plot: 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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