The River (1984)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $18,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $11,500,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 10.666 |
Directed By
Mark Rydell
Crew
Mark Rydell
Christopher Wilkinson
Paula Moody
Tom Elliott
Mike De Luna
Richard Epper
Blair Burrows
Clay Boss
Jophery C. Brown
Alan Gibbs
Harper Flaherty
Johnny Hock
Bennie Moore
Branscombe Richmond
Mario Roberts
Spike Silver
Mark Orrison
Barry Primus
Robert Cortes
Sidney Levin
Lynn Stalmaster
Charles Rosen
Norman Newberry
Jane Bogart
Joe I. Tompkins
Terry Carr
Brenda Todd
Lynn Del Kail
Pete Altobelli
Robert Dillon
Robert Dillon
Julian Barry
Jerry Ziesmer
Robert Yannetti
Tena Psyche Yatroussis
Michael Gershman
John J. Connor
Michael McGowan
David M. Ronne
Stuart A. Spohn
Dick Deats
Ken Pepiot
Stan Parks
Rick Sparr
Kay Rose
David F. Klassen
William Ladd Skinner
Nick Navarro
Sherman Labby
Donald Krafft
Tim Donelan
John B. Schuyler
Joseph Geisinger
Michael Barrett
Brent Poe
Norman Ash
James M. Sheppherd
Randy Woodside
Ted Varnadoe
Gregg Guellow
Hank Sheppherd
Thomas Love
William Maldonado
Robert J. Visciglia Sr.
Sonny Van Hecke
Pamela Wise
Darryl M. Athons
Greg Hall
Hugo Peña
Betsy Norton
Joe O'Har
Steven Poster
Robert Frazen
Beau Barthel
Barbara Harris
Victoria Sampson
Jerry Rosenthal
Chester Slomka
Jack Schrader
Neil Burrow
Larry Singer
Hector C. Gika
Rod Rogers
Duke Brown
John Roesch
Joan Rowe
Kenneth Wannberg
Herbert W. Spencer
Nick Alphin
Robert Thirlwell
Julie Adams
Jody Hummer
Joan Wolpert
Bruce Bahrenburg
James Zenk
Willie Radcliff
Syd Dutton
Aubrey Head
Donah Bassett
Vilmos Zsigmond
John Williams
Paul Stewart
Rick Avery
Edward Lewis
TOP CAST
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
Don Hood
Senator Neiswinder
James Tolkan
Howard Simpson
Bob W. Douglas
Hal Richardson
Andy Stahl
Dave Birkin
Lisa Sloan
Judy Birkin
Larry D. Ferrell
Rod Tessley
Susie Toomey
Sally Tessley
Kelly Toomey
Lisa Tessley
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Zemke
Amy Rydell
Betty Gaumer
Samuel Scott Osborne
Billy Gaumer
Charles Robinson
Truck
Ivan Green
Smoot
Desmond Couch
Wilderfoot
Charles G. Riddle
Youngdall
Jim Antonio
Dan Gaumer
David Hart
Harley
Barry Primus
Roy
Mark Erickson
Baines
Jack Starrett
Swick
Dean Whitworth
Doctor
Chuck Hanson
Fat Man
Ira M. Quillen II
TV Weatherman
Matt Bearson
First Employee
Timothy Shadden
Second Employee
Elizabeth Lane
Secretary
Gary Gershaw
Drifter
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