Released:
1984-12-01

Overview:
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.

Director:
Mark Rydell

Runtime:
2h 2min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Mel Gibson
  as
  Tom Garvey
• 
  Sissy Spacek
  as
  Mae Garvey
• 
  Scott Glenn
  as
  Joe Wade
• 
  Billy Green Bush
  as
  Harve Stanley
• 
  Shane Bailey
  as
  Lewis Garvey