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 Gibson
Tom Garvey 

Sissy Spacek
Mae Garvey 

Scott Glenn
Joe Wade 

Billy Green Bush
Harve Stanley 

Shane Bailey
Lewis Garvey 

Becky Jo Lynch
Beth Garvey