---
title: 'The River (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mark Rydell'
released: '1984-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 122
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-river-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088007/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The River (1984)

1984 · 122 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The River is a 1984 American Southern Gothic drama film directed by Mark Rydell and written by Robert Dillon and Julian Barry, who based the screenplay on actual stories of East Tennessee farmers who lost their crops due to damage caused by bad weather, and having to reluctantly work industrial jobs as strikebreakers in nearby cities to avoid foreclosure on their farmland.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mark Rydell](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-rydell)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Dillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-dillon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-williams-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vilmos Zsigmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilmos-zsigmond)
- **Editor:** [Sidney Levin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-levin)

## Cast

- [Sissy Spacek](https://cinepixo.com/people/sissy-spacek)
- [Mel Gibson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mel-gibson)
- [James Tolkan](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-tolkan)
- [Barry Primus](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-primus)
- [Scott Glenn](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-glenn)
- [Jack Starrett](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-starrett)
- [Billy "Green" Bush](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-green-bush)

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