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The River

Release Date:December 1, 1984

Running Time:122 min

Genres:Drama

Director

Cast

Mel Gibson Sissy Spacek Scott Glenn Billy Green Bush Shane Bailey Becky Jo Lynch Don Hood James Tolkan Bob W. Douglas Andy Stahl Lisa Sloan Larry D. Ferrell

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

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.

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