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.

Beesley's Ratings

Id

357

Name

River, The

Genre

Drama

Leads

Gibson,Mel

Rating

3

Content Advisory

Parental guidance, Sex, Bad Language

Comments

None

Metadata from themoviedb.org

Genre Ids

Drama

Id

38557

Popularity

14.136

Release Date

1984-12-01

Title

The River

Vote Average

6.2

Vote Count

121

Budget

$18,000,000

Revenue

$11,500,000

Runtime

122 minutes