The River (1984)
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.
Drama
Cast & Crew
Mel Gibson
Tom Garvey
Sissy Spacek
Mae Garvey
Scott Glenn
Joe Wade
Billy Green Bush
Harve Stanley
Shane Bailey
Lewis Garvey
Don Hood
Senator Neiswinder
James Tolkan
Howard Simpson
Andy Stahl
Dave Birkin
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Zemke
Amy Rydell
Betty Gaumer
Samuel Scott Osborne
Billy Gaumer
Charles Robinson
Truck
Jim Antonio
Dan Gaumer
David Hart
Harley
Barry Primus
Roy
Jack Starrett
Swick
Mark Rydell
Director
Robert Cortes, Edward Lewis
Producer
Julian Barry, Robert Dillon
Screenplay
