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The River (1984)

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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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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

Lisa Sloan
Lisa Sloan

Judy Birkin

Larry D. Ferrell
Larry D. Ferrell

Rod Tessley

Susie Toomey
Susie Toomey

Sally Tessley

Kelly Toomey
Kelly Toomey

Lisa Tessley

Frank Hoyt Taylor
Frank Hoyt Taylor

Zemke

Amy Rydell
Amy Rydell

Betty Gaumer

Samuel Scott Osborne
Samuel Scott Osborne

Billy Gaumer

Charles Robinson
Charles Robinson

Truck

Jim Antonio
Jim Antonio

Dan Gaumer

David Hart
David Hart

Harley

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