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Feature film — 1984

The River Rat (1984)

6.11h 34mAdventure — Crime — Family — Drama

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...

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A high-signal pick with 25 votes.

Cinema Group Ventures / Paramount Pictures / Sundance Institute

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Director: Thomas Rickman

On screen

Cast & crew

Tommy Lee Jones as Billy

Tommy Lee Jones

Billy

Martha Plimpton as Jonsy

Martha Plimpton

Jonsy

Brian Dennehy as Doc Cole

Brian Dennehy

Doc Cole

S

Shawn Smith

Wexel

N

Nancy Lea Owen

Vadie

N

Norman Bennett

Sheriff Cal

Tony Frank as Poley

Tony Frank

Poley

Angie Bolling as Joyce

Angie Bolling

Joyce

R

Roger Copeland

Young Billy

T

Tommy Burlison

Whitey

T

Tamara Hartley

Young Joyce

L

Louis Plante

Cajun Deputy

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