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The River

Name: The River
Director: Mark Rydell
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984-12-01
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Billy Green Bush, Shane Bailey

Drama

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 GibsonSissy SpacekScott GlennBilly Green BushShane BaileyBecky Jo LynchDon HoodJames TolkanBob W. DouglasAndy StahlLisa SloanLarry D. Ferrell

Director

Mark Rydell

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