A Hatful of Rain
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| Directed by | Fred Zinnemann |
| Produced by | Buddy Adler |
| Screenplay by |
Alfred Hayes Carl Foreman Michael V. Gazzo |
| Based on |
A Hatful of Rain play by Michael V. Gazzo |
| Starring |
Don Murray Eva Marie Saint Anthony Franciosa |
| Music by | Bernard Herrmann |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,820,000 |
| Box office | $1.5 million (US) |
A Hatful of Rain is a 1957 American dramatic film about a young married man with a secret morphine addiction. It is a medically and sociologically accurate account of the effects of morphine on an addict and his family. The frank depiction of drug addiction in a feature film was a rarity for its time.
The film stars Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan, and Henry Silva. It was adapted by Michael V. Gazzo, Alfred Hayes, and Carl Foreman from the play by Gazzo. Foreman was blacklisted at the time of the film's release. The Writers Guild of America added his name to the film's credits in 1998, 14 years after his death. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann and features a strong musical score by Bernard Herrmann. Herrmann was asked by 20th Century Fox to rescore his prelude for the film as the original was considered "too terrifying".
Franciosa was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
In a housing project apartment in New York City near the Brooklyn Bridge, Johnny Pope (Don Murray) lives with his pregnant wife Celia (Eva Marie Saint) and his brother Polo (Anthony Franciosa). Johnny is a veteran recently returned from the Korean War, in which he sustained an injury while surviving for days trapped in a cave. His survival made him a hero in the newspapers, but his ensuing recuperation in a military hospital left him secretly addicted to the painkiller morphine, with Polo his only family member aware of his condition.
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