Miracle in the Rain (1956)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Rudolph Maté

Writers:

Ben Hecht (novel)
Ben Hecht (screenplay)

Release Date:

April 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.

Plot Keywords:

Soul Mates | Miracle | Loneliness | Based On Novel

Cast

Jane Wyman	...	Ruth Wood
Van Johnson	...	Pvt. Arthur 'Art' Hugenon
Peggie Castle	...	Millie Kranz
Fred Clark	...	Steven Jalonik
Eileen Heckart	...	Grace Ullman
Josephine Hutchinson	...	Agnes Wood
William Gargan	...	Harry Wood
Marcel Dalio	...	Marcel, Waiter
George Givot	...	Headwaiter
Barbara Nichols	...	Arlene Parker nee Witchy
Halliwell Hobbes	...	Ely B. 'Windy' Windgate
Paul Picerni	...	Priest
Alan King	...	Sgt. Gilbert 'Gil' Parker
Irene Seidner	...	Mrs. Hamer
Arte Johnson	...	Monty

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S

Filming Locations:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Franz Waxman composed the score for this film. The theme he used when Jane Wyman's character first enters her New York office was used by George Lucas for his first feature film, THX 1138 (1971). The music was heard in the futuristic shopping mall sequence as "elevator music."

Goofs:

Factual errors: Although the movie is set in 1942, when WWII meat rationing was in full force, Art and Ruth have no trouble buying an entire pound of corned beef at a deli.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Illegal (1955)

Soundtrack:

South American Way

Life Can Be So Cruel....But We Can Still Hope For Miracles

It's been a long time since I've watched a movie and shed tears....this movie clinched it! What a beautiful, beautiful film....it certainly plays with your emotions in such a poignant way and Jane Wyman's brilliant, grief-stricken performance makes your heart simply melt with sorrow. Also, watching Johnson's impeccable performance made me forget that I have never been a Van Johnson fan!....but kudos to him for a splendid, utterly emotive portrayal of the character he played in this film. These two leads and the supporting cast, especially Eileen Heckart, played their roles to perfection; I was so consumed that I omitted to remember that they were actually acting....and the storyline of this film had me so absorbed from the beginning through to its exquisite ending.

The ending of this movie left me covered in goose bumps and literally, I got a chill running through my body....I felt numb, I felt heartache and most of all, this film profoundly made me feel how important and precious my loved ones are to me. It helped nudge my dormant realisation that the uncertainty of life always surrounds us....we must not take anyone for granted and we must not take life and "faith" for granted.

Do yourself a favour, whenever you have time to spare and you feel like watching a movie, "Don't Dismiss This One". This is one film you need to watch at least once in your lifetime (and feel those chills and goose bumps!)....SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL.