‘James Dean has got nothing on that kid’: River Phoenix films – ranked!

As Stand By Me is re-released for its 40th anniversary, we look at the late actor’s most intense, enduring roles – from a goofball boffin to a narcoleptic hustlerIssue-of-the-week TV movie about elder abuse, with Tuesday Weld as a harried… As Stand By Me is re-released for its 40th anniversary, we look at the late actor’s most intense, enduring roles – from a goofball boffin to a narcoleptic hustlerIssue-of-the-week TV movie about elder abuse, with Tuesday Weld as a harried…