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The River Rat is a 1984 independent family film directed by Thomas Rickman and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Martha Plimpton. It was filmed on location in Hickman, Kentucky, on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Sep 28, 1984 · The River Rat: Directed by Thomas Rickman. With Tommy Lee Jones, Martha Plimpton, Brian Dennehy, Shawn Smith. After serving time for a murder he didn't commit, all Billy wants to do is to reconnect with his daughter.
When an ex-convict returns to his Mississippi river home to meet his teenage daughter, whom he hasn't seen since infancy, he finds himself with more than a h...
But not 'River Rat,' what starts out as a decent drama about the reunion of a young girl (Martha Plimpton) and her father (Tommy Lee Jones), who was recently released from jail, almost immediately turns into a Deep South caper when someone from the jail tracks down the father looking for some loot.
After serving more than a decade behind bars as an innocent man, Billy (Tommy Lee Jones) returns home to connect with his teenage daughter, Jonsy (Martha Plimpton), a...
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Play Trailer. After thirteen years in prison, Billy McCain thought he'd met up with everything, until he met up with his own daughter Jonsy. Overview. On the lazy banks of the Mississippi, a young girl is reunited with her time-served but innocent father.
