Movie
The Rainmaker
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!
Details
- Release date
- 1956-12-13
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Romance, Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hal Wallis Productions, Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Bill Starbuck
- Katharine Hepburn as Lizzie Curry
- Wendell Corey as Deputy Sheriff J.S. File
- Lloyd Bridges as Noah Curry
- Earl Holliman as Jim Curry
- Cameron Prud'Homme as H.C. Curry
- Wallace Ford as Sheriff Howard Thomas
- Yvonne Lime as Snookie Maguire
- Jack Kenny as Townsman (uncredited)
- Tex Driscoll as Townsman (uncredited)
- Frank Mills as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Kansas Moehring as Townsman (uncredited)
Crew
- Joseph Anthony - Director
- N. Richard Nash - Screenplay
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