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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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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1984-12-01
- video_camera_front Companies Universal Pictures
- timer Runtime: 122 Mins
- star Rating: 6.3 / 10
- favorite Likes: 127 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0088007
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smart_display Cast

Mel Gibson
Tom Garvey

Sissy Spacek
Mae Garvey

Scott Glenn
Joe Wade

Billy Green Bush
Harve Stanley

Shane Bailey
Lewis Garvey

Becky Jo Lynch
Beth Garvey

Don Hood
Senator Neiswinder

James Tolkan
Howard Simpson

Bob W. Douglas
Hal Richardson

Andy Stahl
Dave Birkin

Lisa Sloan
Judy Birkin

Larry D. Ferrell
Rod Tessley

Susie Toomey
Sally Tessley

Kelly Toomey
Lisa Tessley

Frank Hoyt Taylor
Zemke

Amy Rydell
Betty Gaumer

Samuel Scott Osborne
Billy Gaumer

Charles Robinson
Truck

Ivan Green
Smoot

Desmond Couch
Wilderfoot

Charles G. Riddle
Youngdall

Jim Antonio
Dan Gaumer

David Hart
Harley

Barry Primus
Roy

Mark Erickson
Baines

Jack Starrett
Swick

Dean Whitworth
Doctor

Chuck Hanson
Fat Man

Ira M. Quillen II
TV Weatherman

Matt Bearson
First Employee

Timothy Shadden
Second Employee

Elizabeth Lane
Secretary

Gary Gershaw
Drifter
groups Crew

Mark Rydell
Director

Christopher Wilkinson
Second Unit Director

Richard Epper
Stunts

Blair Burrows
Stunts

Paula Moody
Stunts

Branscombe Richmond
Stunts

Bennie Moore
Stunts

Jophery C. Brown
Stunts

Alan Gibbs
Stunt Coordinator

Spike Silver
Stunts

Mark Orrison
Stunts

Tom Elliott
Stunts

Mario Roberts
Stunts

Clay Boss
Stunts

Harper Flaherty
Stunts

Mike De Luna
Stunts

Johnny Hock
Stunts

Robert Cortes
Producer

Barry Primus
Casting Consultant

Lynn Stalmaster
Casting

Terry Carr
Unit Production Manager

Sidney Levin
Editor

Jane Bogart
Set Decoration

Charles Rosen
Production Design

Brenda Todd
Makeup Artist

Lynn Del Kail
Hairstylist

Pete Altobelli
Assistant Makeup Artist

Joe I. Tompkins
Costume Design

Norman Newberry
Art Direction

Robert Dillon
Screenplay

Robert Dillon
Story

Julian Barry
Screenplay

John J. Connor
Camera Operator

Stuart A. Spohn
Gaffer

Kay Rose
Supervising Sound Editor

Donald Krafft
Leadman

Dick Deats
Key Grip

Jerry Ziesmer
First Assistant Director

William Ladd Skinner
Set Designer

Nick Navarro
Set Designer

Robert Yannetti
Second Assistant Director

Tena Psyche Yatroussis
Second Assistant Director

David M. Ronne
Production Sound Mixer

Michael McGowan
Camera Operator

Stan Parks
Special Effects Supervisor

Rick Sparr
Associate Editor

David F. Klassen
Set Designer

Sherman Labby
Production Illustrator

Michael Gershman
Camera Operator

Ken Pepiot
Special Effects Supervisor

Pamela Wise
Costumer

Greg Hall
Costumer

Betsy Norton
Script Supervisor

Victoria Sampson
Sound Editor

Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor

Duke Brown
Apprentice Sound Editor

Joseph Geisinger
Cableman

Michael Barrett
Electrician

Beau Barthel
Assistant Editor

Hector C. Gika
Sound Assistant

John B. Schuyler
Boom Operator

Randy Woodside
Best Boy Electrician

Hank Sheppherd
Best Boy Grip

Darryl M. Athons
Costumer

Robert Frazen
Assistant Editor

Neil Burrow
Sound Editor

Rod Rogers
Sound Assistant

Ted Varnadoe
Best Boy Electrician

Steven Poster
Second Unit Director of Photography

Barbara Harris
ADR Voice Casting

Joe O'Har
Location Manager

Norman Ash
Electrician

James M. Sheppherd
Dolly Grip

Sonny Van Hecke
Assistant Property Master

Chester Slomka
Sound Editor

Jack Schrader
Sound Editor

Larry Singer
ADR Editor

Robert Thirlwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Tim Donelan
Swing

Brent Poe
Electrician

Gregg Guellow
Best Boy Grip

Thomas Love
Special Effects

William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator

Hugo Peña
Costumer

Jerry Rosenthal
Sound Editor

Robert J. Visciglia Sr.
Property Master

John Roesch
Foley Artist

Donah Bassett
Negative Cutter

Julie Adams
Dialect Coach

Jody Hummer
Extras Casting

Bruce Bahrenburg
Unit Publicist

Syd Dutton
Matte Painter

Joan Rowe
Foley Artist

Joan Wolpert
Production Coordinator

Aubrey Head
Color Timer

Willie Radcliff
Craft Service

Herbert W. Spencer
Orchestrator

Nick Alphin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

James Zenk
Still Photographer

Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography

John Williams
Original Music Composer

Paul Stewart
Special Effects

Rick Avery
Stunts

Edward Lewis
Producer
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