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For the river in Suffolk, England, see River Rat.
The River Rat
Theatrical release poster
Directed byThomas Rickman
Written byThomas Rickman
Produced byMichael Apted
Bob Larson
Starring
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
September 21, 1984
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,142,944[1]

The River Rat is a 1984 independent family film directed by Thomas Rickman and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Martha Plimpton.[2] Filmed on location in Kentucky, on the banks of the Ohio River.

Plot

Jonsy is a teenager who meets her father Billy, who has just been released from prison, for the first time. The two slowly forge a relationship as they rebuild a boat named The River Rat. The father cannot escape his criminal past, being blackmailed by the prison psychiatrist Doc Cole, who believes he knows the location of a large amount of cash stolen before imprisonment.

Father and daughter ride The River Rat on a picturesque trip down the Mississippi River to Memphis, Tennessee in an effort to find the money and elude the prison doctor. Along the way, they learn about each other and grow closer.

Cast

Production

The film was written and directed by Thomas Rickman, who was nominated for an Academy Award in 1980 for his screenplay of Coal Miner's Daughter, also starring Tommy Lee Jones. The film was produced by Bob Larson (executive producer of Coal Miner's Daughter) and Michael Apted (who directed Coal Miner's Daughter) served as executive producer. The film was a Larson/Rickman Production in association with the Sundance Institute. The original music was composed by Mike Post.

References

  1. ^ "The River Rat (1984)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "The River Rat". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
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