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The Rainmaker

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

1997 · PG-13 · 2h 15m

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

7.0

TMDB audience score
1,568 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • Matt Damon
    Rudy Baylor

  • Claire Danes
    Kelly Riker

  • Danny DeVito
    Deck Shifflet

  • Jon Voight
    Leo F. Drummond

  • Mary Kay Place
    Dot Black

  • Dean Stockwell
    Judge Harvey Hale

  • Mickey Rourke
    Bruiser Stone

  • Danny Glover
    Richter Tyrone Kipler

  • Virginia Madsen
    Jackie Lemancyzk

  • Randy Travis
    Billy Porter

  • Roy Scheider
    Wilfred Keeley

  • Red West
    Buddy Black

  • Johnny Whitworth
    Donny Ray Black

  • Andrew Shue
    Cliff Riker

  • Teresa Wright
    Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong

  • Wayne Emmons
    Prince Thomas

  • Adrian Roberts
    Butch

  • Michael Girardin
    Everett Lufkin