The River

6.354

122 minutes

12/1/1984

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.

Cast List

Mel Gibson
as Tom Garvey
Sissy Spacek
as Mae Garvey
Scott Glenn
as Joe Wade
Billy Green Bush
as Harve Stanley
Shane Bailey
as Lewis Garvey
Becky Jo Lynch
as Beth Garvey
Don Hood
as Senator Neiswinder
James Tolkan
as Howard Simpson
Bob W. Douglas
as Hal Richardson
Andy Stahl
as Dave Birkin
Lisa Sloan
as Judy Birkin
Larry D. Ferrell
as Rod Tessley
Susie Toomey
as Sally Tessley
Kelly Toomey
as Lisa Tessley
Frank Hoyt Taylor
as Zemke
Amy Rydell
as Betty Gaumer
Samuel Scott Osborne
as Billy Gaumer
Charles Robinson
as Truck
Ivan Green
as Smoot
Desmond Couch
as Wilderfoot
Charles G. Riddle
as Youngdall
Jim Antonio
as Dan Gaumer
David Hart
as Harley
Barry Primus
as Roy
Mark Erickson
as Baines
Jack Starrett
as Swick
Dean Whitworth
as Doctor
Chuck Hanson
as Fat Man
Ira M. Quillen II
as TV Weatherman
Matt Bearson
as First Employee
Timothy Shadden
as Second Employee
Elizabeth Lane
as Secretary
Gary Gershaw
as Drifter