- HD 1080
- Runtime: 94m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Thomas Rickman
- Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Martha Plimpton, Brian Dennehy, Shawn Smith, Nancy Lea Owen
- keywords: fire, mississippi river, boat, stolen money, crime scene
- Production_studio: Cinema Group Ventures, Paramount Pictures, Sundance Institute
- Slogan: After thirteen years in prison, Billy McCain thought he'd met up with everything, until he met up with his own daughter Jonsy.
- The The River Rat is featured in the top rankings of 1984
- #10 in Top Family Movies of 1984
- #12 in Top Adventure Movies of 1984
- #77 in Top Drama Movies of 1984
- #15 in Top Crime Movies of 1984
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...