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.
| Release Date | December 1, 1984 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | The River | |
| Runtime | 2h 2min | |
| Budget | $18,000,000 | |
| Revenue | $11,500,000 | |
| Language | English | |
| Original Language | English | |
| Production Countries | United States of America | |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures | |