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The River

The River

IMDB:

6.3
The River

Released

12/1/1984

Duration

2h 2m

Genre

Drama

Country

United States of America

Cast

Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn

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.

Cast

Mel Gibson

Tom Garvey

Mel Gibson

Sissy Spacek

Mae Garvey

Sissy Spacek

Scott Glenn

Joe Wade

Scott Glenn

Billy Green Bush

Harve Stanley

Billy Green Bush

Shane Bailey

Lewis Garvey

Shane Bailey

Becky Jo Lynch

Beth Garvey

Becky Jo Lynch

Don Hood

Senator Neiswinder

Don Hood

James Tolkan

Howard Simpson

James Tolkan

Bob W. Douglas

Hal Richardson

Bob W. Douglas

Andy Stahl

Dave Birkin

Andy Stahl

Lisa Sloan

Judy Birkin

Lisa Sloan

Larry D. Ferrell

Rod Tessley

Larry D. Ferrell

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