The River
1984 · 122 min · DramaPG
He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?
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.
- Director
- Mark Rydell
- Writers
- Robert Dillon, Julian Barry
- Released
- December 1, 1984
- Language
- English
Cast
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