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HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HOLD BACK THE RIVER. BUT COULD HE HOLD BACK THE GREED OF MAN?
6.3/10 1984 4K 122 min
Drama

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 River
Top Cast
Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson
Tom Garvey
Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek
Mae Garvey
Scott Glenn
Scott Glenn
Joe Wade
Billy Green Bush
Billy Green Bush
Harve Stanley
Shane Bailey
Shane Bailey
Lewis Garvey
Becky Jo Lynch
Becky Jo Lynch
Beth Garvey
Don Hood
Don Hood
Senator Neiswinder
James Tolkan
James Tolkan
Howard Simpson
Bob W. Douglas
Bob W. Douglas
Hal Richardson
Andy Stahl
Andy Stahl
Dave Birkin