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
Mike De Luna
Tom Elliott
Blair Burrows
Mario Roberts
Harper Flaherty
Paula Moody
Branscombe Richmond
Richard Epper
Spike Silver
Bennie Moore
Jophery C. Brown
Johnny Hock
Mark Orrison
Clay Boss
Alan Gibbs
Lynn Stalmaster
Sidney Levin
Robert Cortes
Barry Primus
Norman Newberry
Pete Altobelli
Jane Bogart
Joe I. Tompkins
Terry Carr
Brenda Todd
Charles Rosen
Lynn Del Kail
Robert Dillon
Julian Barry
Robert Dillon
Robert Yannetti
Kay Rose
Jerry Ziesmer
Michael Gershman
Ken Pepiot
Donald Krafft
Randy Woodside
Hugo Peña
Neil Burrow
Michael Barrett
Robert Frazen
Barbara Harris
Victoria Sampson
Norman Ash
James M. Sheppherd
Sonny Van Hecke
Joe O'Har
Jack Schrader
Greg Hall
Beau Barthel
Joseph Geisinger
Ted Varnadoe
Larry Singer
John B. Schuyler
Robert J. Visciglia Sr.
Darryl M. Athons
Rod Rogers
Hector C. Gika
Michael McGowan
Stan Parks
Rick Sparr
Sherman Labby
Stuart A. Spohn
Dick Deats
William Ladd Skinner
David F. Klassen
Tena Psyche Yatroussis
John J. Connor
David M. Ronne
Nick Navarro
Jerry Rosenthal
Pamela Wise
Steven Poster
Duke Brown
Tim Donelan
Thomas Love
John Roesch
Chester Slomka
Brent Poe
Gregg Guellow
Hank Sheppherd
William Maldonado
Betsy Norton
Bruce Bahrenburg
Syd Dutton
Herbert W. Spencer
Robert Thirlwell
James Zenk
Aubrey Head
Willie Radcliff
Nick Alphin
Joan Rowe
Joan Wolpert
Julie Adams
Donah Bassett
Kenneth Wannberg
Jody Hummer
John Williams
Vilmos Zsigmond
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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