The Rainmaker

Dec 13, 1956

2h 1m

★ 6.7

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

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!

Genres

Romance

Western

Production Companies

Hal Wallis Productions

Paramount Pictures

The Rainmaker Trailers

Cast

Bill Starbuck

Burt Lancaster

Lizzie Curry

Katharine Hepburn

Deputy Sheriff J.S. File

Wendell Corey

Noah Curry

Lloyd Bridges

Jim Curry

Earl Holliman

H.C. Curry

Cameron Prud'Homme

Sheriff Howard Thomas

Wallace Ford

Snookie Maguire

Yvonne Lime

Townsman (uncredited)

Jack Kenny

Townsman (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Townsman (uncredited)

Kansas Moehring

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