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.”
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...
Genres
Adventure, Crime, Family, Drama
Studio
Cinema Group Ventures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The River Rat performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$1.1M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$132K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Billy
Tommy Lee Jones
Billy
Jonsy
Martha Plimpton
Jonsy
Doc Cole
Brian Dennehy
Doc Cole
Wexel
Shawn Smith
Wexel
Vadie
Nancy Lea Owen
Vadie
Sheriff Cal
Norman Bennett
Sheriff Cal
Poley
Tony Frank
Poley
Joyce
Angie Bolling
Joyce
Young Billy
Roger Copeland
Young Billy
Whitey
Tommy Burlison
Whitey
Young Joyce
Tamara Hartley
Young Joyce
Cajun Deputy
Louis Plante
Cajun Deputy
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