The River
He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?
19842h 2mNo ratings yet
- Drama
Overview
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.
Keywords
- river
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 1, 1984
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Mel Gibson,Sissy Spacek,Scott Glenn,Billy Green Bush,Shane Bailey,Becky Jo Lynch,Don Hood,James Tolkan,Bob W. Douglas,Andy Stahland 23 more
- Director
- Mark Rydell
- Writer
- Robert Dillon,Julian Barry
- Producer
- Robert Cortes,Edward Lewis
- Cinematography
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Music
- John Williams
- Budget
- $18,000,000
- Revenue
- $11,500,000
- IMDb
- tt0088007