The River (1984)

ALL 12/01/1984 (en) Drama 122 Min
  • Release
    12/01/1984
  • Production
    Universal Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    62%
  • Original title
    The River
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 11,500,000.00
    -

He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?

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.

  1. Mark Rydell

    Director

  2. Sidney Levin

    Editor



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Casts

  1. Mel Gibson

    Tom Garvey

  2. Sissy Spacek

    Mae Garvey

  3. Scott Glenn

    Joe Wade

  4. Billy Green Bush

    Harve Stanley

  5. Shane Bailey

    Lewis Garvey

  6. Becky Jo Lynch

    Beth Garvey

  7. Don Hood

    Senator Neiswinder

  8. James Tolkan

    Howard Simpson

  9. Bob W. Douglas

    Hal Richardson

  10. Andy Stahl

    Dave Birkin

  11. Lisa Sloan

    Judy Birkin

  12. Larry D. Ferrell

    Rod Tessley

  13. Susie Toomey

    Sally Tessley

  14. Kelly Toomey

    Lisa Tessley

  15. Frank Hoyt Taylor

    Zemke

  16. Amy Rydell

    Betty Gaumer

  17. Samuel Scott Osborne

    Billy Gaumer

  18. Charles Robinson

    Truck

  19. Ivan Green

    Smoot

  20. Desmond Couch

    Wilderfoot

  21. Charles G. Riddle

    Youngdall

  22. Jim Antonio

    Dan Gaumer

  23. David Hart

    Harley

  24. Barry Primus

    Roy

  25. Mark Erickson

    Baines

  26. Jack Starrett

    Swick

  27. Dean Whitworth

    Doctor

  28. Chuck Hanson

    Fat Man

  29. Ira M. Quillen II

    TV Weatherman

  30. Matt Bearson

    First Employee

  31. Timothy Shadden

    Second Employee

  32. Elizabeth Lane

    Secretary

  33. Gary Gershaw

    Drifter

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 33 , Crews : 104

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The River (1984) 122 Min

ALL 12/01/1984 (en)
Drama
  • Release 12/01/1984
  • Production
    Universal Pictures
  • Original title The River
  • en
  • Revenue11,500,000.00

He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?

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.

  1. Mark Rydell

    Director

  2. Robert Dillon

    Story

  3. Sidney Levin

    Editor

  4. Robert Cortes, Edward Lewis

    Producer