The River
Description
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.
Stars
Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Billy Green Bush, Shane Bailey
Genres
DramaRuntime
122 minutes
Release Date
December 1, 1984
Rating
6.3/10 (135 votes)