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The Rainmaker

It's about the magic that makes a woman beautiful when she's wanted by a man!

  • Movie
  • 1956
  • 2h 1m

Directed by Joseph Anthony

6.8

TMDB audience rating
6.8 out of 10 from 55 votes

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Overview

Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!

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Cast and crew

  • Burt Lancaster

    Burt LancasterBill Starbuck

  • Katharine Hepburn

    Katharine HepburnLizzie Curry

  • Wendell Corey

    Wendell CoreyDeputy Sheriff J.S. File

  • Lloyd Bridges

    Lloyd BridgesNoah Curry

  • Earl Holliman

    Earl HollimanJim Curry

  • Cameron Prud'Homme

    Cameron Prud'HommeH.C. Curry

  • Wallace Ford

    Wallace FordSheriff Howard Thomas

  • Yvonne Lime

    Yvonne LimeSnookie Maguire

  • Jack Kenny

    Jack KennyTownsman (uncredited)

  • Tex Driscoll

    Tex DriscollTownsman (uncredited)

  • Frank Mills

    Frank MillsTrain Conductor (uncredited)

  • Kansas Moehring

    Kansas MoehringTownsman (uncredited)

  • Joe PloskiTownsman (uncredited)

Director
Joseph Anthony
Writer
N. Richard Nash
Music
Alex North
Cinematography
Charles Lang