The River

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.

Cast

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

as Tom Garvey

Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

as Mae Garvey

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn

as Joe Wade

Billy Green Bush

Billy Green Bush

as Harve Stanley

Shane Bailey

Shane Bailey

as Lewis Garvey

Becky Jo Lynch

Becky Jo Lynch

as Beth Garvey

Don Hood

Don Hood

as Senator Neiswinder

James Tolkan

James Tolkan

as Howard Simpson

Bob W. Douglas

Bob W. Douglas

as Hal Richardson

Andy Stahl

Andy Stahl

as Dave Birkin

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