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.
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
Crew
Mark Rydell
Director
Robert Dillon
Screenplay, Story
Julian Barry
Screenplay
Sidney Levin
Editor
Beau Barthel
Assistant Editor
Robert Frazen
Assistant Editor
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Aubrey Head
Color Timer
Jerry Ziesmer
First Assistant Director
Robert Yannetti
Second Assistant Director
Tena Psyche Yatroussis
Second Assistant Director
Joan Wolpert
Production Coordinator
Robert Cortes
Producer
Edward Lewis
Producer
Charles Rosen
Production Design
John J. Connor
Camera Operator
Michael McGowan
Camera Operator
Michael Gershman
Camera Operator
James M. Sheppherd
Dolly Grip
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Barry Primus
Casting Consultant
Jody Hummer
Extras Casting
Joe I. Tompkins
Costume Design
Pamela Wise
Costumer
Greg Hall
Costumer
Darryl M. Athons
Costumer
Hugo Peña
Costumer
Lynn Del Kail
Hairstylist
Pete Altobelli
Assistant Makeup Artist
Brenda Todd
Makeup Artist
Christopher Wilkinson
Second Unit Director
Steven Poster
Second Unit Director of Photography
Kay Rose
Supervising Sound Editor
Victoria Sampson
Sound Editor
Neil Burrow
Sound Editor
Chester Slomka
Sound Editor
Jack Schrader
Sound Editor
Jerry Rosenthal
Sound Editor
Duke Brown
Apprentice Sound Editor
Robert Thirlwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nick Alphin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David M. Ronne
Production Sound Mixer
Hector C. Gika
Sound Assistant
Rod Rogers
Sound Assistant
John B. Schuyler
Boom Operator
John Roesch
Foley Artist
Joan Rowe
Foley Artist
Larry Singer
ADR Editor
Barbara Harris
ADR Voice Casting
Stan Parks
Special Effects Supervisor
Ken Pepiot
Special Effects Supervisor
Thomas Love
Special Effects
Paul H. Stewart
Special Effects
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
Julie Adams
Dialect Coach
Syd Dutton
Matte Painter
Jane Bogart
Set Decoration
William Ladd Skinner
Set Designer
Nick Navarro
Set Designer
David F. Klassen
Set Designer
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
James Zenk
Still Photographer
Betsy Norton
Script Supervisor
Michael Barrett
Electrician
Norman Ash
Electrician
Brent Poe
Electrician
Randy Woodside
Best Boy Electrician
Ted Varnadoe
Best Boy Electrician
Joe O'Har
Location Manager
Richard Epper
Stunts
Blair Burrows
Stunts
Paula Moody
Stunts
Branscombe Richmond
Stunts
Bennie Moore
Stunts
Jophery C. Brown
Stunts
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
Rick Avery
Stunts
Alan Gibbs
Stunt Coordinator
Robert J. Visciglia Sr.
Property Master
Sonny Van Hecke
Assistant Property Master
Joseph Geisinger
Cableman
Hank Sheppherd
Best Boy Grip
Gregg Guellow
Best Boy Grip
Sherman Labby
Production Illustrator
Tim Donelan
Swing
Rick Sparr
Associate Editor
Donah Bassett
Negative Cutter
Dick Deats
Key Grip
Stuart A. Spohn
Gaffer
Terry Carr
Unit Production Manager
Willie Radcliff
Craft Service
Bruce Bahrenburg
Unit Publicist
Norman Newberry
Art Direction
Herbert W. Spencer
Orchestrator
Donald Krafft
Leadman
