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The Rainmaker

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

1956 · 2h 1m

Directed by Joseph Anthony

6.8

TMDB audience score
55 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • Burt Lancaster
    Bill Starbuck

  • Katharine Hepburn
    Lizzie Curry

  • Wendell Corey
    Deputy Sheriff J.S. File

  • Lloyd Bridges
    Noah Curry

  • Earl Holliman
    Jim Curry

  • Cameron Prud'Homme
    H.C. Curry

  • Wallace Ford
    Sheriff Howard Thomas

  • Yvonne Lime
    Snookie Maguire

  • Jack Kenny
    Townsman (uncredited)

  • Tex Driscoll
    Townsman (uncredited)

  • Frank Mills
    Train Conductor (uncredited)

  • Kansas Moehring
    Townsman (uncredited)

  • Joe Ploski
    Townsman (uncredited)