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The River

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

  • Movie
  • 1984
  • PG
  • 2h 2m

Directed by Mark Rydell

6.4

TMDB audience rating
6.4 out of 10 from 143 votes

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Overview

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 and crew

  • Mel Gibson

    Mel GibsonTom Garvey

  • Sissy Spacek

    Sissy SpacekMae Garvey

  • Scott Glenn

    Scott GlennJoe Wade

  • Billy Green Bush

    Billy Green BushHarve Stanley

  • Shane BaileyLewis Garvey

  • Becky Jo LynchBeth Garvey

  • Don Hood

    Don HoodSenator Neiswinder

  • James Tolkan

    James TolkanHoward Simpson

  • Bob W. DouglasHal Richardson

  • Andy Stahl

    Andy StahlDave Birkin

  • Lisa SloanJudy Birkin

  • Larry D. FerrellRod Tessley

  • Susie ToomeySally Tessley

  • Kelly ToomeyLisa Tessley

  • Frank Hoyt Taylor

    Frank Hoyt TaylorZemke

  • Amy Rydell

    Amy RydellBetty Gaumer

  • Samuel Scott Osborne

    Samuel Scott OsborneBilly Gaumer

  • Charles Robinson

    Charles RobinsonTruck

Director
Mark Rydell
Writer
Robert Dillon and Julian Barry
Music
John Williams
Cinematography
Vilmos Zsigmond