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.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and resolved.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Mel GibsonTom Garvey
- Sissy SpacekMae Garvey
- Scott GlennJoe Wade
- Billy Green BushHarve Stanley
- Shane BaileyLewis Garvey
- Becky Jo LynchBeth Garvey
- Don HoodSenator Neiswinder
- James TolkanHoward Simpson
- Bob W. DouglasHal Richardson
- Andy StahlDave Birkin
Crew
- Mark RydellDirector
- Robert DillonScreenplay
- Julian BarryScreenplay
- Vilmos ZsigmondDirector of Photography
- John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Sidney LevinEditor
- Robert CortesProducer
- Edward LewisProducer
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