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Directed by
  
Michael Meredith

Running time
  
96 minutes

Director
  
Michael Meredith

Story by
  
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Written by
  
Michael Meredith

Initial release
  
2002

Initial DVD release
  
9 October 2007

Distributed by
  
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Produced by
  
Philip BlighBrad HillstromChristine U. KingBruce Randolph Tizes

Starring
  
Penelope AllenErick AvariAlimi Ballard

Release date
  
May 17, 2002 (2002-05-17) (U.S.)

Cast
  
Similar
  
Peter Falk movies, Dramas

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Three Days of Rain is a 2002 US film directed by Michael Meredith. Based on Anton Chekhov's short stories, the plot takes place in Cleveland city during a rainstorm. It was the last film to star Peter Falk, famous for playing disheveled detective Columbo.

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Plot

Three Days of Rain is a film from 2002 that takes six short stories of Anton Chekov and sets them in modern-day Cleveland, Ohio. The film opens as a storm rolls into Cleveland that will bring rain for three straight days. The film follows six separate people through their unique struggles and challenges. There is a young women who is forced to give up her daughter and is willing to do anything to be with her. Another character is a cab driver who struggles to cope with the loss of his son. There is Thunder (Michael Santoro), who is a tile maker who is fighting to keep his business from going under, and Denis (Joey Billow), a mentally handicapped Janitor who is faced with losing his job. Through the entire film there is soft jazz and the banter of a local Cleveland disk jockey, the jazz also doubles as the film's soundtrack.

Credits

  • Director: Michael Meredith
  • Script: Michael Meredith
  • Executive producer: Philip Bligh, Brad Hillstrom, Christine U. King, Bruce Randolph Tizes
  • Producer: Robert Casserly, Bill Stockton
  • Main cast

  • Penelope Allen as Helen (Credited as Penny Allen)
  • Erick Avari as Alex
  • Alimi Ballard as Derrick (Credited as Alimi Ballard)
  • Joey Bilow as Denis
  • Bruce Bohne as Cranston
  • Robert Casserly as Ray
  • Laurie Coleman as Reporter
  • Chuck Cooper as Jim
  • Blythe Danner as Woman In Cab
  • Peter Falk as Waldo
  • Supporting cast

  • Mark Feuerstein as Car Buyer
  • Heather Kafka as Lisa
  • Peter Kalos as Ghost
  • Christine Karl as Liza
  • Merle Kennedy as Tess
  • Claire Kirk as Margaret
  • George Kuchar as Vendor
  • Lyle Lovett as Disc Jockey
  • John Carroll Lynch as Dinner Guest
  • Don Meredith as John Horton
  • Wayne Rogers as Business Man
  • Michael Santoro as Thunder
  • Peter Henry Schroeder as Amon
  • Bill Stockton as Michael
  • Maggie Walker as Jen (Credited as Maggi Walker)
  • Cameo/Uncredited cast

  • Robert Carradine as Bus Driver
  • Keir Dullea as Extra
  • Jordan Elliot as Young Tess
  • Jason Patric as Extra
  • Max Perlich as Extra
  • Frank Gifford as Extra
  • References

    Three Days of Rain (film) Wikipedia