- HD 1080
- Runtime: 122m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Mark Rydell
- Stars: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Billy Green Bush, Shane Bailey
- keywords: river
- Production_studio: Universal Pictures
- Slogan: He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?
- The The River is featured in the top rankings of 1984
- #85 in Top Drama Movies of 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.