
The River
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.
The River
December 1, 1984
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Cast (33)

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

Don Hood
Senator Neiswinder

James Tolkan
Howard Simpson

Bob W. Douglas
Hal Richardson

Andy Stahl
Dave Birkin

Lisa Sloan
Judy Birkin

Larry D. Ferrell
Rod Tessley

Susie Toomey
Sally Tessley

Kelly Toomey
Lisa Tessley

Frank Hoyt Taylor
Zemke

Amy Rydell
Betty Gaumer

Samuel Scott Osborne
Billy Gaumer

Charles Robinson
Truck

Ivan Green
Smoot

Desmond Couch
Wilderfoot

Charles G. Riddle
Youngdall

Jim Antonio
Dan Gaumer

David Hart
Harley

Barry Primus
Roy

Mark Erickson
Baines

Jack Starrett
Swick

Dean Whitworth
Doctor

Chuck Hanson
Fat Man

Ira M. Quillen II
TV Weatherman

Matt Bearson
First Employee

Timothy Shadden
Second Employee

Elizabeth Lane
Secretary

Gary Gershaw
Drifter
Crew (104)
Directing

Jerry Ziesmer
First Assistant Director

Mark Rydell
Director

Christopher Wilkinson
Second Unit Director

Robert Yannetti
Second Assistant Director

Betsy Norton
Script Supervisor

Tena Psyche Yatroussis
Second Assistant Director
Writing
Production

Barbara Harris
ADR Voice Casting

Barry Primus
Casting Consultant

Edward Lewis
Producer

Lynn Stalmaster
Casting

Terry Carr
Unit Production Manager

Joe O'Har
Location Manager

Jody Hummer
Extras Casting

Robert Cortes
Producer

Joan Wolpert
Production Coordinator
Sound

John Williams
Original Music Composer

Joan Rowe
Foley Artist

John Roesch
Foley Artist

Victoria Sampson
Sound Editor

Herbert W. Spencer
Orchestrator

Robert Thirlwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David M. Ronne
Production Sound Mixer

Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor

Chester Slomka
Sound Editor

Larry Singer
ADR Editor

Kay Rose
Supervising Sound Editor

Hector C. Gika
Sound Assistant

Jack Schrader
Sound Editor

Jerry Rosenthal
Sound Editor

Nick Alphin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John B. Schuyler
Boom Operator

Duke Brown
Apprentice Sound Editor

Neil Burrow
Sound Editor

Rod Rogers
Sound Assistant
Art

Tim Donelan
Swing

Sonny Van Hecke
Assistant Property Master

Jane Bogart
Set Decoration

David F. Klassen
Set Designer

William Ladd Skinner
Set Designer

Sherman Labby
Production Illustrator

Nick Navarro
Set Designer

Norman Newberry
Art Direction

Robert J. Visciglia Sr.
Property Master

Donald Krafft
Leadman

Charles Rosen
Production Design

William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Camera

Gregg Guellow
Best Boy Grip

Steven Poster
Second Unit Director of Photography

Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography

Michael McGowan
Camera Operator

Michael Gershman
Camera Operator

Dick Deats
Key Grip

James M. Sheppherd
Dolly Grip

James Zenk
Still Photographer

Hank Sheppherd
Best Boy Grip

John J. Connor
Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up

Hugo Peña
Costumer

Joe I. Tompkins
Costume Design

Greg Hall
Costumer

Pete Altobelli
Assistant Makeup Artist

Brenda Todd
Makeup Artist

Darryl M. Athons
Costumer

Lynn Del Kail
Hairstylist

Pamela Wise
Costumer
Crew

Mario Roberts
Stunts

Branscombe Richmond
Stunts

Mike De Luna
Stunts

Jophery C. Brown
Stunts

Tom Elliott
Stunts

Rick Avery
Stunts

Bennie Moore
Stunts

Richard Epper
Stunts

Bruce Bahrenburg
Unit Publicist

Spike Silver
Stunts

Johnny Hock
Stunts

Alan Gibbs
Stunt Coordinator

Paula Moody
Stunts

Blair Burrows
Stunts

Julie Adams
Dialect Coach

Clay Boss
Stunts

Thomas Love
Special Effects

Paul Stewart
Special Effects

Willie Radcliff
Craft Service

Harper Flaherty
Stunts

Joseph Geisinger
Cableman

Mark Orrison
Stunts
Editing

Donah Bassett
Negative Cutter

Sidney Levin
Editor

Robert Frazen
Assistant Editor

Beau Barthel
Assistant Editor

Rick Sparr
Associate Editor

Aubrey Head
Color Timer
Lighting

Randy Woodside
Best Boy Electrician

Brent Poe
Electrician

Stuart A. Spohn
Gaffer

Norman Ash
Electrician

Michael Barrett
Electrician

Ted Varnadoe
Best Boy Electrician
Visual Effects

Syd Dutton
Matte Painter

Stan Parks
Special Effects Supervisor

Ken Pepiot
Special Effects Supervisor