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7.1/10   324 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ben Hecht (novel)
Ben Hecht (screenplay)
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Release Date:
April 1956 (USA) more
Genre:
Plot:
Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York. full summary | full synopsis
User Reviews:
A Poignant, Heart-Breaking Love-Story more (28 total)

Cast

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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
Marian Holmes ... Mrs. Rickles
Minerva Urecal ... Mrs. Canelli
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rose Allen ... Elderly Woman (uncredited)
Chalo Alvarado ... Italian Count (uncredited)
Roxanne Arlen ... Cathy Wicklow (uncredited)

Malcolm Atterbury ... Special Delivery Man (uncredited)
John Connoughton ... Altar Boy (uncredited)
Diana Dawson ... Young Woman (uncredited)
Anna Dewey ... Elderly Woman (uncredited)
Darlene Fields ... Count's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Harry Harvey Jr. ... Boy in New York Times Office (uncredited)
Charles Anthony Hughes ... 55 Year Old Man (uncredited)
Walter Kingson ... Narrator (uncredited)
Jess Kirkpatrick ... Andy, the Bartender (uncredited)
Mike Lally ... Antique Store Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Lomas ... Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)
Lucita ... Accordionist (uncredited)
Peter Mamakos ... Headwaiter (uncredited)
Paul Maxey ... Stout Man (uncredited)
Charles Meredith ... Mr. Baldwin's Associate (uncredited)
Allen Ray ... Middle Aged Man (uncredited)
Grandon Rhodes ... Mr. Baldwin, City Editor (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell ... Auctioneer (uncredited)
Norbert Schiller ... Dr. Zero (uncredited)
Paul Smith ... Dixie Dooley (uncredited)
Hal Taggart ... Street Extra (uncredited)
Michael Vallon ... Italian Flower Vendor (uncredited)
Glen Vernon ... Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Ray Walker ... Mr. McGuire, Salesman (uncredited)
Tom Wilson ... Auction Extra (uncredited)
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Directed by
Rudolph Maté 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Ben Hecht  novel
Ben Hecht  screenplay

Produced by
Frank P. Rosenberg .... producer
 
Original Music by
Franz Waxman 
 
Cinematography by
Russell Metty 
 
Film Editing by
Thomas Reilly 
 
Art Direction by
Leo K. Kuter 
 
Set Decoration by
William Wallace 
 
Costume Design by
Milo Anderson 
 
Makeup Department
Gordon Bau .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mel Dellar .... assistant director
Lee White .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Robert B. Lee .... sound
 
Music Department
Leonid Raab .... orchestrator
 
Other crew
Eugene Busch .... dialogue supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
108 min
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Language:
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:

Fun Stuff

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." more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Most of the cars in this film were period correct for the WW2 setting, but occasionally cars of later vintage are seen, including a couple of 1955 Chevrolets, and a 1955 Cadillac limousine. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Illegal (1955) more
Soundtrack:
Jeepers Creepers more

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10 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
A Poignant, Heart-Breaking Love-Story, 20 September 1999
8/10
Author: Kirasjeri from Brooklyn NY

Reminiscent of the wonderful "The Clock" (see reviews), this wartime romance was made eleven years after the was over, somewhat oddly to me. But, based upon the ending, there was absolutely no way it could have been made during the war. The reasons should be obvious.

Van Johnson is his usual charming self and Wyman rather diffident at first. But they fall deeply in love, and spend much time on their plans for the future when he returns from overseas - and how poignant that turned out to be.

It is no spoiler to say that Wyman's character is completely distraught towards the end of the movie, and the "miracle", on the steps of St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, does give her some hope. But it remains the saddest movie I had seen since "Waterloo Bridge" (see reviews). But such was life after a World War and hundreds of thousands of dead Americans.

Don't forget this was written (and very well) by the famous journalist, writer, and screenwriter, Ben Hecht, who first gave us "The Front Page".

If you don't mind using your hankie, watch "Miracle in the Rain". It's a wonderful movie.

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