The River (1984)

Name: The River
Director: Mark Rydell
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984
Duration: 2 h 2 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Andy Stahl, Becky Jo Lynch, Billy Green Bush, Bob W. Douglas, Don Hood

Drama

6.3 (127 votes)

2h 2m

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.