“He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?”
The River (1984)
“He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?”
Director: Mark Rydell Writer: Robert Dillon
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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.
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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...
Who stars in The River?
Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Billy Green Bush, Shane Bailey, directed by Mark Rydell.