1984 · 122 min · Drama
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.
Directed by Mark Rydell. Starring Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Billy Green Bush and Shane Bailey.
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