The Rainmaker
“It's about the magic that makes a woman beautiful when she's wanted by a man!”
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
13 people
Burt Lancaster
Bill Starbuck
Known for
The Leopard
From Here to Eternity
Katharine Hepburn
Lizzie Curry
Known for
Bringing Up Baby
The African Queen
Wendell Corey
Deputy Sheriff J.S. File
Known for
Rear Window
Sorry, Wrong Number
Lloyd Bridges
Noah Curry
Known for
Airplane II: The Sequel
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Earl Holliman
Jim Curry
Known for
The Thorn Birds
Forbidden Planet
Cameron Prud'Homme
H.C. Curry
Known for
The Cardinal
Wallace Ford
Sheriff Howard Thomas
Known for
Freaks
Shadow of a Doubt
Yvonne Lime
Snookie Maguire
Known for
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Jack Kenny
Townsman (uncredited)
Also in
Carrie
Ten Wanted Men
Tex Driscoll
Townsman (uncredited)
Also in
The Virginian
Destry
Frank Mills
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Also in
The Son of Kong
The Sea Wolf
Kansas Moehring
Townsman (uncredited)
Also in
The Cariboo Trail
The Grinning Granger
Joseph Anthony Director · N. Richard Nash Screenplay Alex North Composer
Worldwide gross $2.1M · United States release December 13, 1956 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,100,000
Production
Hal Wallis Productions
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 13, 1956
Theatrical
Austria
August 1, 1957 · Theatrical
Germany
April 19, 1957 · Theatrical
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