
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.

as Tom Garvey

as Mae Garvey

as Joe Wade

as Harve Stanley

as Lewis Garvey

as Beth Garvey

as Senator Neiswinder

as Howard Simpson

as Hal Richardson

as Dave Birkin

as Judy Birkin

as Rod Tessley

as Sally Tessley

as Lisa Tessley

as Zemke

as Betty Gaumer

as Billy Gaumer

as Truck

as Smoot

as Wilderfoot

as Youngdall

as Dan Gaumer

as Harley

as Roy

as Baines

as Swick

as Doctor

as Fat Man

as TV Weatherman

as First Employee

as Second Employee

as Secretary

as Drifter