The Rainmaker (1956 film)
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Initial DVD release July 12, 2005 Duration Language English | 7/10 IMDb Genre Romance, Western Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date December 13, 1956 (1956-12-13) Writer N. Richard Nash (screenplay), N. Richard Nash (play) Cast (Bill Starbuck), (Lizzie Curry), (Deputy Sheriff J.S. File), (Noah Curry), (Jim Curry), Cameron Prud'Homme (H.C. Curry)Similar movies Burt Lancaster appears in The Rainmaker and Elmer Gantry Tagline It's about the magic that makes a woman beautiful when she's wanted by a man! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Rainmaker is a 1956 American film directed by Joseph Anthony and adapted by N. Richard Nash from his play The Rainmaker. The film tells the story of a middle-aged woman, suffering from unrequited love for the local town sheriff; however, she falls for a con man who comes to town with the promise that he can make it rain. It stars Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges and Earl Holliman. Holliman won a Golden Globe Award for his performance.
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- The rainmaker trailer
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- Plot
- Academy Awards
- Golden Globe Awards
- Adaptations
- References
The film was later remade in Hindi as Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen.
The rainmaker 4 7 movie clip miss birdie s beneficiary 1997 hd
Plot
During the Depression era in the Midwest, con man Bill Starbuck acts as a rainmaker, but is chased out of town after town. One day, he arrives in a drought-ridden rural town in Kansas and shows up at the door of spinsterish Lizzie Curry and the rest of the Curry clan. Lizzie keeps house for her father, H.C., and two brothers on the family cattle ranch. As their farm languishes under the devastating drought, Lizzie's family worries about her marriage prospects more than about their dying cattle. Prior to Starbuck's arrival, Lizzie was expecting Sheriff File, for whom she harbors a secret yen, though he declined the family's invitation to dinner. Starbuck promises to bring rain in exchange for money. Against Lizzie's protests, H.C. goes for the deal out of desperation for rain even though he thinks Starbuck is a con. Starbuck is exposed, but the Curry clan stands up for him, leading to both Starbuck and File finally declaring for Lizzie. In the end, Lizzie gets her man, and of course, it rains.
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The Rainmaker play was remade for American television in 1982, directed by John Frankenheimer and starring James Cromwell, Tommy Lee Jones, William Katt and Tuesday Weld.
References
The Rainmaker (1956 film) WikipediaThe Rainmaker (1956 film) IMDb The Rainmaker (1956 film) themoviedb.org