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    The River

    The River

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

    1984

    2:02:28

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    The River

    Genre

    Drama

    Plot

    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.

    Director

    Mark Rydell

    Writers

    Robert Dillon, Julian Barry, Robert Dillon,

    Stars

    Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Billy Green Bush, Shane Bailey,