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.

Tom Garvey

Mae Garvey

Joe Wade

Harve Stanley

Lewis Garvey

Senator Neiswinder

Howard Simpson

Dave Birkin

Zemke

Betty Gaumer

Billy Gaumer

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December 1, 1984

Tom Garvey

Mae Garvey

Joe Wade

Harve Stanley

Lewis Garvey

Senator Neiswinder

Howard Simpson

Dave Birkin

Zemke

Betty Gaumer

Billy Gaumer

Truck
