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The River Rat

"After thirteen years in prison, Billy McCain thought he'd met up with everything, until he met up with his own daughter Jonsy."

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PG 1984 · 1h 34m
Adventure, Drama, Crime, Family
Starring Tommy Lee Jones · Martha Plimpton · Brian Dennehy
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On the lazy banks of the Mississippi, a young girl is reunited with her time-served but innocent father. But the reunion is tainted with the whereabouts of the stolen loot, and those who come looking for it...

Theatrical
Sep 28, 1984
Box Office
$1.1M
Theaters
1
Director
Thomas Rickman
Producers
Michael Apted, Bob Larson
Music
Mike Post
Studio
Cinema Group Ventures, Paramount Pictures, Sundance Institute
Keywords
fire mississippi river boat stolen money crime scene
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Tommy Lee Jones
Billy
M
Martha Plimpton
Jonsy
B
Brian Dennehy
Doc Cole
N
Nancy Lea Owen
Vadie
N
Norman Bennett
Sheriff Cal
T
Tony Frank
Poley
A
Angie Bolling
Joyce
L
Louis Plante
Cajun Deputy
R
Rod Britt
Cajun Deputy
P
Peter Renaday
Cajun Doctor

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