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The River
Mark Rydell

The River

  • Drama

He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?

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RELEASE

1984-12-01

BUGET

$18.0M

LENGTH

122 min

Description

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.