Movie
The Rainmaker
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-11-18
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Douglas/Reuther Productions, American Zoetrope, Constellation Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Matt Damon as Rudy Baylor
- Claire Danes as Kelly Riker
- Danny DeVito as Deck Shifflet
- Jon Voight as Leo F. Drummond
- Mary Kay Place as Dot Black
- Dean Stockwell as Judge Harvey Hale
- Mickey Rourke as Bruiser Stone
- Danny Glover as Richter Tyrone Kipler
- Virginia Madsen as Jackie Lemancyzk
- Randy Travis as Billy Porter
- Roy Scheider as Wilfred Keeley
- Red West as Buddy Black
Crew
- Francis Ford Coppola - Director
- Francis Ford Coppola - Screenplay
- Michael Herr - Screenplay
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