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The River

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

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The River — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • December 1, 1984
  • Runtime
  • 122 min
  • Genres
  • Drama
  • Director
  • Mark Rydell

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The River — Cast

Mel Gibson photo Mel Gibson Tom Garvey Sissy Spacek photo Sissy Spacek Mae Garvey Scott Glenn photo Scott Glenn Joe Wade Billy Green Bush photo Billy Green Bush Harve Stanley Shane Bailey Lewis Garvey Becky Jo Lynch Beth Garvey Don Hood photo Don Hood Senator Neiswinder James Tolkan photo James Tolkan Howard Simpson

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