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#72 Box Office Hit of 1984

The River (1984)

"He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?"

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.

Cast

  • Mel Gibson

    Tom Garvey

    Mel Gibson

  • Sissy Spacek

    Mae Garvey

    Sissy Spacek

  • Scott Glenn

    Joe Wade

    Scott Glenn

  • Billy Green Bush

    Harve Stanley

    Billy Green Bush

  • Lewis Garvey

    Shane Bailey

  • Beth Garvey

    Becky Jo Lynch

  • Don Hood

    Senator Neiswinder

    Don Hood

  • James Tolkan

    Howard Simpson

    James Tolkan

  • Hal Richardson

    Bob W. Douglas

  • Andy Stahl

    Dave Birkin

    Andy Stahl

  • Judy Birkin

    Lisa Sloan

  • Rod Tessley

    Larry D. Ferrell

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