The River 1984

Synopsis

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 Tom Garvey
• Sissy Spacek Mae Garvey
• Scott Glenn Joe Wade
• Billy Green Bush Harve Stanley
• Shane Bailey Lewis Garvey
• Becky Jo Lynch Beth Garvey
• Don Hood Senator Neiswinder
• James Tolkan Howard Simpson
• Bob W. Douglas Hal Richardson
• Andy Stahl Dave Birkin

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