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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
N. Richard Nash (screenplay)
N. Richard Nash (play)
Release Date:
13 December 1956 (USA) more
Tagline:
It's about the magic that makes a woman beautiful when she's wanted by a man!
Plot:
Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Nash's The Rainmaker Comes To The Foothills Theater 2/7-3/1
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 30 January 2009, 5:17 PM, PST)
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It's called acting. more (27 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Burt Lancaster | ... | Bill Starbuck, aka Bill Smith, Bill Harley, Tornado Johnson |
 | Katharine Hepburn | ... | Lizzie Curry |
 | Wendell Corey | ... | Deputy Sheriff J.S. File, Three Point Texas |
 | Lloyd Bridges | ... | Noah Curry |
| Earl Holliman | ... | Jim Curry |
| Cameron Prud'Homme | ... | H.C. Curry |
| Wallace Ford | ... | Sheriff Howard Thomas (Three Point, Texas) |
| Yvonne Fedderson | ... | Snookie Maguire, Jim's Girl (as Yvonne Lime) |
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121 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Norway:12 | West Germany:12 (f) | USA:Approved (PCA #18257) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S
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Paramount Studios wanted William Holden for the role of Starbuck. more
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Continuity: After Starbuck shows up at the Currys' house, H.C. and Noah are playing a game of checkers. They start the game with H.C. playing red and make a few moves, then the phone rings. After the call, the game has reset to the beginning, and H.C. is playing black. more
Quotes:
Noah Curry:
We don't believe in rainmakers.
Bill Starbuck:
What DO you believe in mistah? Dyin' cattle?
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Featured in The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV) more
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Much has been made of the fact that nearly all of the actors were too old to comfortably inhabit their roles, which I think is crap. I don't think Hepburn's character felt anything other than genuine nor did it seem as if she were playing a character younger than her years. For one, she was a pretty well-preserved 49 - but that's almost beside the point. The point, I think being, is that no matter what your age or station, dreams will infuse you with beauty and purpose, so never abandon them. Sure, there were show-boaty moments (the final scene of the Rainmaker riding off springs to mind) - but this was made in 1956, after all, and gestures tended to be a little more expansive. Context, people, context.