The River
Film1984122 min6.4/10 on TMDB
Directed by Mark Rydell
He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?
The 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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Mel GibsonTom Garvey
Sissy SpacekMae Garvey
Scott GlennJoe Wade
Billy Green BushHarve StanleyShane Bailey
Shane BaileyLewis GarveyBecky Jo Lynch
Becky Jo LynchBeth Garvey
Don HoodSenator Neiswinder
James TolkanHoward SimpsonBob W. Douglas
Bob W. DouglasHal Richardson
Andy StahlDave BirkinLisa Sloan
Lisa SloanJudy BirkinLarry D. Ferrell
Larry D. FerrellRod TessleyExplore the crew
- Director
- Mark Rydell
- Editor
- Sidney Levin
- Producer
- Robert Cortes
- Screenplay
- Julian Barry
- Screenplay
- Robert Dillon
- Original Music Composer
- John Williams
- Director of Photography
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Producer
- Edward Lewis