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The Rainmaker

They were totally unqualified to try the case of a lifetime... but every underdog has his day.

  • Movie
  • 1997
  • PG-13
  • 2h 15m

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

7.0

TMDB audience rating
7.0 out of 10 from 1,572 votes

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Overview

Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.

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Cast and crew

  • Matt Damon

    Matt DamonRudy Baylor

  • Claire Danes

    Claire DanesKelly Riker

  • Danny DeVito

    Danny DeVitoDeck Shifflet

  • Jon Voight

    Jon VoightLeo F. Drummond

  • Mary Kay Place

    Mary Kay PlaceDot Black

  • Dean Stockwell

    Dean StockwellJudge Harvey Hale

  • Mickey Rourke

    Mickey RourkeBruiser Stone

  • Danny Glover

    Danny GloverRichter Tyrone Kipler

  • Virginia Madsen

    Virginia MadsenJackie Lemancyzk

  • Randy Travis

    Randy TravisBilly Porter

  • Roy Scheider

    Roy ScheiderWilfred Keeley

  • Red West

    Red WestBuddy Black

  • Johnny Whitworth

    Johnny WhitworthDonny Ray Black

  • Andrew Shue

    Andrew ShueCliff Riker

  • Teresa Wright

    Teresa WrightColleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong

  • Wayne EmmonsPrince Thomas

  • Adrian RobertsButch

  • Michael GirardinEverett Lufkin

Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Writer
John Grisham, Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Herr
Music
Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography
John Toll