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The River

6.3 122 mins Drama   1984
Universal Pictures  
Director(s): Mark Rydell

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.

Casts of The River

Mel Gibson

as Tom Garvey

Sissy Spacek

as Mae Garvey

Scott Glenn

as Joe Wade

Billy Green Bush

as Harve Stanley

Shane Bailey

as Lewis Garvey

Becky Jo Lynch

as Beth Garvey

Don Hood

as Senator Neiswinder

James Tolkan

as Howard Simpson

Bob W. Douglas

as Hal Richardson

Andy Stahl

as Dave Birkin

Lisa Sloan

as Judy Birkin

Larry D. Ferrell

as Rod Tessley

Susie Toomey

as Sally Tessley

Kelly Toomey

as Lisa Tessley

Amy Rydell

as Betty Gaumer

Samuel Scott Osborne

as Billy Gaumer

Charles Robinson

as Truck

Ivan Green

as Smoot

Desmond Couch

as Wilderfoot

Charles G. Riddle

as Youngdall

Jim Antonio

as Dan Gaumer

David Hart

as Harley

Barry Primus

as Roy

Mark Erickson

as Baines

Jack Starrett

as Swick

Dean Whitworth

as Doctor

Chuck Hanson

as Fat Man

Ira M. Quillen II

as TV Weatherman

Matt Bearson

as First Employee

Timothy Shadden

as Second Employee

Elizabeth Lane

as Secretary

Gary Gershaw

as Drifter

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