A hard-working farming couple fight to save their homestead, family, and way of life in this moving and emotionally-charged drama.

The River: Directed by Mark Rydell. With Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch. A farming family battles severe storms, while taking a valiant stand against a bank …

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A farming family battles severe storms, a bank is threatening to repossess their farm, and there are other hard times in a battle to save and hold on to their farm.

The River is a 1984 American drama film directed by Mark Rydell, written by Robert Dillon and Julian Barry, and starring Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson, and Scott Glenn. The film tells the story …

The River Drama 1984 2 hr 4 min Tennessee family corn farmers (Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek) sandbag a flooding levee despite a dam builder (Scott Glenn) who wants it to break.

Stream full movie The River online with DIRECTV. Tom and Mae Garvey (Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek) are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition …

This emotionally-charged film celebrates the triumph of a young rural couple as they face nature's greatest ravages, the threat of poverty and a wrenching separation. Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson …

This emotionally-charged film celebrates the triumph of a young rural couple as they face nature's greatest ravages, the threat of poverty and a wrenching separation. Sissy Spacek, Mel Gibson …

Directed by Mark Rydell, The River (1984) is a drama movie that centers around a hard-working couple involved in their family’s farm business. However, their livelihood is threatened by a...