Directed by:
Clint EastwoodScreenplay:
Brian HelgelandCinematography:
Tom SternComposer:
Clint EastwoodCast:
Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney, Kevin Chapman, Tom Guiry, Emmy Rossum, Spencer Treat Clark (more)Plots(1)
Jimmy. Dave. Sean. Friends who grew up in working-class Boston, they drift apart after a terrible tragedy. Years later, brutal events reconnect them. Jimmy's 19-year-old daughter is coldly murdered. Dave is a suspect. And Sean, now a cop, scrambles to solve the crime before volatile Jimmy takes the law into his own hands. Working from Brian Helgeland's adaptation of Dennis Lehane's novel, director Clint Eastwood shapes a masterwork, a brooding thriller built on family, friends and innocence lost. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon play the pivotal threesome, joining Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden and Laura Linney in one of the most powerful casts in years. The river has many depths. Let it wash over you. (Reel Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Sean Penn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/428/164428626_8db481.jpg)
Sean Penn
USA
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Carlito's Way (1993)
Persepolis (2007)
![Tim Robbins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/921/163921450_a7778f.jpg)
Tim Robbins
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Mystic River (2003)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
![Kevin Bacon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/116/167116586_e79679.jpg)
Kevin Bacon
USA
Best movies:
JFK (1991)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Apollo 13 (1995)
![Laurence Fishburne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/130/162130273_ac4662.jpg)
Laurence Fishburne
USA
Best movies:
The Matrix (1999)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Color Purple (1985)
![Marcia Gay Harden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/869/162869158_33881b.jpg)
Marcia Gay Harden
USA
Best movies:
Into the Wild (2007)
Detachment (2011)
Mystic River (2003)
![Laura Linney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/141/166141528_3615af.jpg)
Laura Linney
USA
Best movies:
The Truman Show (1998)
Love Actually (2003)
Sully (2016)
![Kevin Chapman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/628/160628625_164e62.jpg)
Kevin Chapman
USA
Best movies:
The Cider House Rules (1999)
21 Grams (2003)
Blow (2001)
![Tom Guiry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/184/127184059_4ad4d5.jpg)
Tom Guiry
USA
Best movies:
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Mystic River (2003)
Tigerland (2000)
![Emmy Rossum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273163_dd8d17.jpg)
Emmy Rossum
USA
Best movies:
Mystic River (2003)
You're Not You (2014)
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
![Spencer Treat Clark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273659_425609.jpg)
Spencer Treat Clark
USA
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
Mystic River (2003)
Unbreakable (2000)
Adam Nelson
USA
Best movies:
The Abyss (1989)
Mystic River (2003)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
![Robert Wahlberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/402/402372_db687d.jpg)
Robert Wahlberg
USA
Best movies:
The Departed (2006)
Gone, Baby, Gone (2007)
Mystic River (2003)
![Jenny O'Hara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394642_c49680.jpg)
Jenny O'Hara
USA
Best movies:
Mystic River (2003)
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (TV movie)
![John Doman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/485/160485965_1be3ed.jpg)
John Doman
USA
Best movies:
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Mystic River (2003)
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Cameron Bowen
USA
Best movies:
Mystic River (2003)
Seabiscuit (2003)
Flowers for Algernon (2000) (TV movie)
![Connor Paolo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/386/386713_2db7d5.jpg)
Connor Paolo
USA
Best movies:
Mystic River (2003)
The Last Stop in Yuma County (2023)
The Winning Season (2009)
![Cayden Boyd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/424/424165_dc9cb6.jpg)
Cayden Boyd
USA
Best movies:
Mystic River (2003)
Have Dreams, Will Travel (2007)
Freaky Friday (2003)
![Jonathan Togo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276923_05b885.jpg)
Jonathan Togo
USA
Best movies:
Mystic River (2003)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012)
Will Lyman
USA
Best movies:
Iron Man (2008)
Mystic River (2003)
Little Children (2006)
![Ari Graynor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277298_ab3966.jpg)
Ari Graynor
USA
Best movies:
An American Crime (2007)
Mystic River (2003)
Conviction (2010)