

MOVIE
The River
He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
The River in its release era
Released in 1984, The River sits inside the 1980s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1984-12-01
- Rating
- PG
- TMDB score
- 6.4/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States of America
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
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