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The River

1984
Directed byMark Rydell
2h 2m

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 GibsonTom GarveySissy SpacekMae GarveyScott Glenn
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DETAILS
GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.3

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