Diz (Joel Courtney) is a reckless teenage drifter living life busy. He stands out for himself and does not accept hand outs. He chooses whatever he wants and conducts. Chose to respond to no body and jaded, Diz resides a lifetime marked with thievery and abandonment. If he floats into a tiny town on the Snake River Matters change for Diz. There an unflappable man named Marty confronts him and drops for the guarded grand daughter of Marty. He becomes the owner of a pile of cash and also the target of two vicious killers If Diz robs a neighborhood drug-dealing mad. With offenders at his heels, and more income than he knows exactly what to do with, Diz sets the people he has learned to care about in danger hoping to acquire Selah. However, some things can not be stolen or bought. The River Thief can be a film about guilt, accepting life, and self sacrifice.