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The River Rat

on BBC One London

' Drama starring
Tommy Lee Jones
Martha Plimpton
Twelve-year-old Jonsy McCain has spent her life by the Mississippi river. Afree spirit, she has grown up without knowing her true parents, then one day she is confronted by her father who has just been released from prison.
Postponed from 24 April
Director Tom Rickman (1984,15)
* See Films: pages 64-71
Followed by Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Lee Jones
Unknown:
Martha Plimpton
Unknown:
Jonsy McCain
Director:
Tom Rickman
Billy:
Tommy Lee Jones
Jonsy:
Martha Plimpton
Doc:
Brian Dennehy
Wexel:
Shawn Smith
Vadie:
Nancy Lea Owen
Sheriff Cal:
Norman Bennett
Poley:
Frank Tony
Joyce:
Angie Bolling
Young Billy:
Roger Copeland
Whitey:
Tommy Burlison
Young Joyce:
Tamara Hartley
Wexel's aunt:
Louise Anderson
Peggy:
Melissa Hart
Old woman:
Mary Harper
Motorist:
James Hurt
Cajun sheriff:
Michael Shepard
Alida:
Meussa Davis

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