| The Rainmaker | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Anthony |
| Screenplay by | N. Richard Nash |
| Based on | The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash |
| Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
| Starring | Burt Lancaster Katharine Hepburn Wendell Corey |
| Cinematography | Charles Lang |
| Edited by | Warren Low |
| Music by | Alex North |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.1 million (US)[1] |
The Rainmaker is a 1956 American western romance film directed by Joseph Anthony and adapted by N. Richard Nash from his 1954 play The Rainmaker. The film tells the story of a middle-aged woman, suffering from unrequited love for the local town sheriff; however, she falls for a con man who comes to town with the promise that he can make it rain. It stars Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges and Earl Holliman. Holliman won a Golden Globe Award for his performance.
The Rainmaker has been remade twice: the first time as a television film of the same name in 1982 directed by John Frankenheimer; the second time in Hindi as Thodasa Roomani Ho Jayen in 1990.[2]
- ^ "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30
- ^ Ghosh, Avijit (2013). 40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed. Tranquebar Press. ISBN 978-9383260317.