The River

Director :

Mark Rydell

Stars :

Mel GibsonSissy SpacekScott GlennBilly Green BushShane BaileyBecky Jo LynchDon HoodJames TolkanBob W. DouglasAndy Stahl

Genre :

Drama

Release :

1984-12-01

Story :

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.