The River 1984
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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.
- Released: 1984-12-01
- Runtime: 122 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Billy Green Bush, Shane Bailey
- Director: Mark Rydell, Christopher Wilkinson, Richard Epper, Blair Burrows, Paula Moody
