Incident at Dark River

Dec 4, 1989

2h 0m

★ 0.0

Overview

When Tim McFall's young daughter dies as the result of toxic waste dumped in the local river, he tries to shut down the company and everybody turns against him. In his fight he is joined by a beautiful student activist, and soon his obsession with revenge threatens his marriage as well as his career.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Thriller

Production Companies

Farrell/Minoff

Incident at Dark River Trailers

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Cast

Tim McFall

Mike Farrell

Betty McFall

Tess Harper

Jesse McCandless

Helen Hunt

Dale Hanratty

Arthur Rosenberg

Dr. Leo Manus

Philip Baker Hall

Editor

Dion Anderson

Mr. Gorman

Nicolas Coster

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