The River (1984)2h02
Drama
Director Mark Rydell (7.2 avg)
Also directed On Golden Pond, The Cowboys, Intersection, and 9 more
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
Sissy Spacek
Scott Glenn
Billy Green Bush- Shane Bailey
- Becky Jo Lynch
Don Hood
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