
The River
- He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?
- 1984-12-01
- Drama
- Scott Glenn, Mel Gibson, Frank Hoyt Taylor, James Tolkan, Andy Stahl, Barry Primus, Charles Robinson, Billy Green Bush, Don Hood, Jim Antonio, Sissy Spacek, David Hart, Lisa Sloan, Amy Rydell, Elizabeth Lane, Mark Erickson, Ivan Green, Gary Gershaw, Becky Jo Lynch, Timothy Shadden, Matt Bearson, Shane Bailey, Bob W. Douglas, Charles G. Riddle, Samuel Scott Osborne, Susie Toomey, Kelly Toomey, Ira M. Quillen II, Dean Whitworth, Desmond Couch, Larry D. Ferrell
- Jack Starrett
- $18,000,000
- $11,500,000
- 2 h. 2 min.
- 6.3/10
- 130
- United States of America
- Universal Pictures
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.