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The River

1984 • 2h2m Drama

Rating

6.4/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Mark Rydell

Screenplay

Robert Dillon

Julian Barry

Cast

Mel Gibson

Sissy Spacek

Scott Glenn

Release date

12/1/1984

Status

Released

Budget

$18,000,000

Revenue

$11,500,000

Origin country

US

Vote count

134