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The River

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

6.374 average rating
★★★★★
6.374
English / 122 MIN. / 1984

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Mel GibsonSissy SpacekScott GlennBilly Green BushShane BaileyBecky Jo LynchDon HoodJames TolkanBob W. DouglasAndy StahlLisa SloanLarry D. FerrellSusie ToomeyKelly ToomeyFrank Hoyt TaylorAmy RydellSamuel Scott OsborneCharles RobinsonIvan GreenDesmond CouchCharles G. RiddleJim AntonioDavid HartBarry PrimusMark EricksonJack StarrettDean WhitworthChuck HansonIra M. Quillen IIMatt BearsonTimothy ShaddenElizabeth LaneGary Gershaw

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