The Rainmaker (1956 film)

The Rainmaker
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Directed by	Joseph Anthony
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis
Written by	N. Richard Nash
Starring	Burt Lancaster Katharine Hepburn
Music by	Alex North
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Production company	Hal Wallis Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 13, 1956 (1956-12-13) (United States)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2.1 million (US)

The Rainmaker is a 1956 American Technicolor Western film directed by Joseph Anthony and adapted by N. Richard Nash from his 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 film was later remade in Hindi as Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen.

During the Depression era in the Midwest, con man Bill Starbuck acts as a rainmaker, but is chased out of town after town. One day, he arrives in a drought-ridden rural town in Kansas and shows up at the door of spinsterish Lizzie Curry and the rest of the Curry clan. Lizzie keeps house for her father, H.C., and two brothers on the family cattle ranch. As their farm languishes under the devastating drought, Lizzie's family worries about her marriage prospects more than about their dying cattle. Prior to Starbuck's arrival, Lizzie was expecting Sheriff File, for whom she harbors a secret yen, though he declined the family's invitation to dinner. Starbuck promises to bring rain in exchange for money. Against Lizzie's protests, H.C. goes for the deal out of desperation for rain even though he thinks Starbuck is a con. Starbuck is exposed, but the Curry clan stands up for him, leading to both Starbuck and File finally declaring for Lizzie. In the end, Lizzie gets her man, and of course, it rains.

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