The River

He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?

12/1/19842h 2min6.4/10(142 TMDB votes)

Drama

Directed by Mark Rydell

Plot

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.