The River

6.2 / 10

(118 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

122 minutes

Year:

1984

Director:

Mark Rydell

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Company:

Universal Pictures

Budget:

$18,000,000

Revenue:

$11,500,000

Cast:
Mel Gibson

Tom Garvey

Sissy Spacek

Mae Garvey

Scott Glenn

Joe Wade

Billy Green Bush

Harve Stanley

Shane Bailey

Lewis Garvey

Crew:
Mark Rydell

Director

Robert Dillon

Story

Robert Dillon

Screenplay

Julian Barry

Screenplay

Vilmos Zsigmond

Director of Photography