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Cast
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Mel Gibson | As: Tom Garvey |
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Sissy Spacek | As: Mae Garvey |
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Scott Glenn | As: Joe Wade |
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Billy Green Bush | As: Harve Stanley |
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Shane Bailey | As: Lewis Garvey |
Storyline
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.
| Tagline: | He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man? |
| Certification: | PG |
Cast
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Mel Gibson |
Tom Garvey |
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Sissy Spacek |
Mae Garvey |
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Scott Glenn |
Joe Wade |
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Billy Green Bush |
Harve Stanley |
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Shane Bailey |
Lewis Garvey |
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Becky Jo Lynch |
Beth Garvey |
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Don Hood |
Senator Neiswinder |
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James Tolkan |
Howard Simpson |
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Bob W. Douglas |
Hal Richardson |
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Andy Stahl |
Dave Birkin |
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Lisa Sloan |
Judy Birkin |
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Larry D. Ferrell |
Rod Tessley |
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Susie Toomey |
Sally Tessley |
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Kelly Toomey |
Lisa Tessley |
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Frank Hoyt Taylor |
Zemke |
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Amy Rydell |
Betty Gaumer |
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Samuel Scott Osborne |
Billy Gaumer |
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Charles Robinson |
Truck |
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Ivan Green |
Smoot |
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Desmond Couch |
Wilderfoot |
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Charles G. Riddle |
Youngdall |
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Jim Antonio |
Dan Gaumer |
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David Hart |
Harley |
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Barry Primus |
Roy |
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Mark Erickson |
Baines |
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Jack Starrett |
Swick |
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Dean Whitworth |
Doctor |
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Chuck Hanson |
Fat Man |
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Ira M. Quillen II |
TV Weatherman |
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Matt Bearson |
First Employee |
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Timothy Shadden |
Second Employee |
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Elizabeth Lane |
Secretary |
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Gary Gershaw |
Drifter |
Directed By
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Mark Rydell |
Director |
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Christopher Wilkinson |
Second Unit Director |
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Jerry Ziesmer |
First Assistant Director |
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Robert Yannetti |
Second Assistant Director |
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Tena Psyche Yatroussis |
Second Assistant Director |
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Betsy Norton |
Script Supervisor |
Writing Credits
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Robert Dillon |
Story |
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Robert Dillon |
Screenplay |
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Julian Barry |
Screenplay |
Production Crew
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Barry Primus |
Casting Consultant |
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Robert Cortes |
Producer |
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Lynn Stalmaster |
Casting |
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Terry Carr |
Unit Production Manager |
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Joe O'Har |
Location Manager |
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Barbara Harris |
ADR Voice Casting |
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Jody Hummer |
Extras Casting |
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Joan Wolpert |
Production Coordinator |
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Edward Lewis |
Producer |
Edited By
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Sidney Levin |
Editor |
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Rick Sparr |
Associate Editor |
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Robert Frazen |
Assistant Editor |
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Beau Barthel |
Assistant Editor |
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Aubrey Head |
Color Timer |
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Donah Bassett |
Negative Cutter |
Costume and Makeup
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Joe I. Tompkins |
Costume Design |
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Brenda Todd |
Makeup Artist |
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Lynn Del Kail |
Hairstylist |
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Pete Altobelli |
Assistant Makeup Artist |
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Pamela Wise |
Costumer |
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Darryl M. Athons |
Costumer |
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Greg Hall |
Costumer |
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Hugo Peña |
Costumer |
Sound
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David M. Ronne |
Production Sound Mixer |
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Kay Rose |
Supervising Sound Editor |
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John B. Schuyler |
Boom Operator |
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Victoria Sampson |
Sound Editor |
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Jerry Rosenthal |
Sound Editor |
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Chester Slomka |
Sound Editor |
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Jack Schrader |
Sound Editor |
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Neil Burrow |
Sound Editor |
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Larry Singer |
ADR Editor |
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Hector C. Gika |
Sound Assistant |
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Rod Rogers |
Sound Assistant |
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Duke Brown |
Apprentice Sound Editor |
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John Roesch |
Foley Artist |
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Joan Rowe |
Foley Artist |
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Kenneth Wannberg |
Music Editor |
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Herbert W. Spencer |
Orchestrator |
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Nick Alphin |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Robert Thirlwell |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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John Williams |
Original Music Composer |
Visual Effects
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Ken Pepiot |
Special Effects Supervisor |
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Stan Parks |
Special Effects Supervisor |
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Syd Dutton |
Matte Painter |
Camera
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Michael Gershman |
Camera Operator |
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John J. Connor |
Camera Operator |
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Michael McGowan |
Camera Operator |
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Dick Deats |
Key Grip |
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James M. Sheppherd |
Dolly Grip |
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Gregg Guellow |
Best Boy Grip |
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Hank Sheppherd |
Best Boy Grip |
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Steven Poster |
Second Unit Director of Photography |
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James Zenk |
Still Photographer |
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Vilmos Zsigmond |
Director of Photography |
Lighting
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Stuart A. Spohn |
Gaffer |
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Michael Barrett |
Electrician |
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Brent Poe |
Electrician |
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Norman Ash |
Electrician |
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Randy Woodside |
Best Boy Electrician |
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Ted Varnadoe |
Best Boy Electrician |
Art Department
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Charles Rosen |
Production Design |
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Norman Newberry |
Art Direction |
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Jane Bogart |
Set Decoration |
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David F. Klassen |
Set Designer |
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William Ladd Skinner |
Set Designer |
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Nick Navarro |
Set Designer |
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Sherman Labby |
Production Illustrator |
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Donald Krafft |
Leadman |
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Tim Donelan |
Swing |
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William Maldonado |
Construction Coordinator |
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Robert J. Visciglia Sr. |
Property Master |
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Sonny Van Hecke |
Assistant Property Master |
Other Crew
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Paula Moody |
Stunts |
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Tom Elliott |
Stunts |
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Mike De Luna |
Stunts |
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Richard Epper |
Stunts |
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Blair Burrows |
Stunts |
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Clay Boss |
Stunts |
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Jophery C. Brown |
Stunts |
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Alan Gibbs |
Stunt Coordinator |
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Harper Flaherty |
Stunts |
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Johnny Hock |
Stunts |
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Bennie Moore |
Stunts |
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Branscombe Richmond |
Stunts |
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Mario Roberts |
Stunts |
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Spike Silver |
Stunts |
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Mark Orrison |
Stunts |
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Joseph Geisinger |
Cableman |
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Thomas Love |
Special Effects |
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Julie Adams |
Dialect Coach |
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Bruce Bahrenburg |
Unit Publicist |
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Willie Radcliff |
Craft Service |
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Paul Stewart |
Special Effects |
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Rick Avery |
Stunts |
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