The Rains Came

Sep 15, 1939

1h 44m

★ 5.9

Overview

Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Adventure

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Lady Edwina Esketh

Myrna Loy

Major Rama Safti

Tyrone Power

Tom Ransome

George Brent

Fern Simon

Brenda Joyce

Lord Albert Esketh

Nigel Bruce

Maharani

Maria Ouspenskaya

Mr. Bannerjee

Joseph Schildkraut

Miss Mac Daid

Mary Nash

Aunt Phoebe Smiley

Jane Darwell

Mrs. Simon

Marjorie Rambeau

Rev. Homer Smiley

Henry Travers

Maharajah

H.B. Warner

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