The River (1984)
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.
Directed by: Mark Rydell
Top Billed Cast: Lisa Sloan, Ivan Green, Larry D. Ferrell
Runtime: 122 minutes
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Mel Gibson
Tom Garvey
Sissy Spacek
Mae Garvey
Scott Glenn
Joe Wade
Billy Green Bush
Harve Stanley
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Shane Bailey
Lewis Garvey
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Becky Jo Lynch
Beth Garvey
Don Hood
Senator Neiswinder
James Tolkan
Howard Simpson
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Bob W. Douglas
Hal Richardson
Andy Stahl
Dave Birkin
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Lisa Sloan
Judy Birkin
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Larry D. Ferrell
Rod Tessley
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Susie Toomey
Sally Tessley
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Kelly Toomey
Lisa Tessley
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Zemke
Amy Rydell
Betty Gaumer
Samuel Scott Osborne
Billy Gaumer
Charles Robinson
Truck
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Ivan Green
Smoot
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Desmond Couch
Wilderfoot
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Charles G. Riddle
Youngdall
Jim Antonio
Dan Gaumer
David Hart
Harley
Barry Primus
Roy
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Mark Erickson
Baines
Jack Starrett
Swick
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Dean Whitworth
Doctor
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Chuck Hanson
Fat Man
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Ira M. Quillen II
TV Weatherman
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Matt Bearson
First Employee
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Timothy Shadden
Second Employee
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Elizabeth Lane
Secretary
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Gary Gershaw
Drifter
