Who'll Stop the Rain
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Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung
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| Directed by | Karel Reisz |
| Produced by | Herb Jaffe |
| Written by | Robert Stone |
| Starring | Nick Nolte |
| Music by | Laurence Rosenthal |
| Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
| Edited by | John Bloom |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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126 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Who'll Stop The Rain is a 1978 psychological drama film released by United Artists starring Nick Nolte. It was directed by Karel Reisz and produced by Herb Jaffe and Gabriel Katzka with Sheldon Schrager and Roger Spottiswoode as executive producers. The screenplay was by Judith Rascoe and Robert Stone from Stone's novel Dog Soldiers. The music score was by Laurence Rosenthal and the cinematography by Richard H. Kline.
It was entered in the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.
The film opens in Saigon at the height of the Vietnam War.
John Converse (Moriarty), a disillusioned war correspondent, approaches Ray Hicks (Nolte), a merchant marine sailor and acquaintance of Converse's from the US, for help in smuggling a large quantity of heroin from Vietnam to San Francisco, where he will exchange the drugs for payment with Converse's wife Marge (Weld), who has become addicted to Dilaudid. When Hicks discovers he is being followed by thugs connected either to Converse or his suppliers, he goes on the run with Marge and the heroin, and is eventually pursued by the corrupt DEA agent (Zerbe), who initially set the deal in motion. As Marge is separated from her supply of prescription drugs, she experiences withdrawal, and Hicks decides to help her wean off her dilaudid addiction by using the heroin. Hicks also attempts to find another buyer for the heroin before his pursuers can catch up to him.
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