The River Rat (VHS) 
The River Rat (VHS)

 
The River Rat (VHS)

Leading Role: Tommy Lee Jones
Director: Tom Rickman
Rating: Rated PG
Format: VHS
Product ID: EPID3126870
Description: After serving a 13-year prison sentence for a murder he didn't commit, Billy McCain tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. Together with his daughter, he restores an old boat, and sets sail on the mighty Mississippi river.
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Movie Description
After serving a 13-year prison sentence for a murder he didn't commit, Billy McCain tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. Together with his daughter, he restores an old boat, and sets sail on the mighty Mississippi river.

Credits
Cast:Brian Dennehy

Details
Sound:HiFi Sound

Notes
Co-produced by Lanson-Rickman Productions.

Shot in Technicolor, using Panavision Equipment, on location in Kentucky and Louisiana.

Directorial debut for writer Tom Rickman.

Film debut for actress Martha Plimpton, daughter of actor/singer Keith Carradine.

Additional cast: Nancy Lea Owen (Vadie); Norman Bennett (Sheriff Cal); Angie Bolling (Joyce); Roger Copeland (Young Billy); Tamara Hartley (Young Joyce); Melissa Hart (Peggy); and James Hurt (Motorist).

Title and opticals by Movie Magic.

Following music is used in the film:

"The River's Song" (performed by Joey Scarbury), "Rock on the Bayou" (performed by Alabama), "Wherever You Are" (performed by Earl Thomas Conley), "Maybe Next Time" (performed by Bill Medley), all written by Mike Post and Stephen Geyer.

"Halfway Right" (performed by Deborah Allen), written by Deborah Allen and Mike Post. All the above produced and arranged by Mike Post.

"Take No Prisoners" and "In One Ear and Out the Other" (performed by Autograph), written by Mike Post, produced by Mike Post and Neil Kernon.

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