The River (1984)
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
Mel GibsonTom Garvey
Sissy SpacekMae Garvey
Scott GlennJoe Wade
Billy Green BushHarve StanleyShane BaileyLewis GarveyBecky Jo LynchBeth Garvey
Don HoodSenator Neiswinder
James TolkanHoward SimpsonBob W. DouglasHal Richardson
Andy StahlDave BirkinLisa SloanJudy BirkinLarry D. FerrellRod TessleySusie ToomeySally TessleyKelly ToomeyLisa Tessley
Frank Hoyt TaylorZemke
