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The River

The River

1984 · Movie · 122 min · ★ 6.4

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Plot, cast, and details

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 PGDirector: Mark RydellDrama
  • Mel GibsonTom Garvey
  • Sissy SpacekMae Garvey
  • Scott GlennJoe Wade
  • Billy Green BushHarve Stanley
  • Shane BaileyLewis Garvey
  • Becky Jo LynchBeth Garvey
  • Don HoodSenator Neiswinder
  • James TolkanHoward Simpson

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