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The River

First aired on Dec 1, 1984

Runtime: 122mins

60%

Genres: 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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Mel Gibson | Tom Garvey
Sissy Spacek | Mae Garvey
Scott Glenn | Joe Wade
Billy Green Bush | Harve Stanley
Shane Bailey | Lewis Garvey
Becky Jo Lynch | Beth Garvey
Featured Crew
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Mark Rydell | Director
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Christopher Wilkinson | Second Unit Director
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Richard Epper | Stunts
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Blair Burrows | Stunts
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Paula Moody | Stunts
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Branscombe Richmond | Stunts