The River
The River
Drama

The River

1984
122 min
6.3
63.0%
User Score
(133 votes)

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.

DIRECTED BY

Mark Rydell

STARRING

Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Billy Green Bush, Shane Bailey

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Cast

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Tom Garvey

Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

Mae Garvey

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn

Joe Wade

Billy Green Bush

Billy Green Bush

Harve Stanley

Shane Bailey

Shane Bailey

Lewis Garvey

Becky Jo Lynch

Beth Garvey

Don Hood

Don Hood

Senator Neiswinder

James Tolkan

James Tolkan

Howard Simpson

Bob W. Douglas

Hal Richardson

Andy Stahl

Andy Stahl

Dave Birkin

Lisa Sloan

Judy Birkin

Larry D. Ferrell

Rod Tessley