Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)

Director:

Robert Mulligan

Writers:

Horton Foote (play)
Horton Foote (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 January 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The more he gets into trouble, the more he gets under her skin!

Plot:

Henry Thomas is out on parole in a small Texan town and, in the evenings, he is the lead singer in a band...

Plot Keywords:

Songwriter | Convict | Beautiful Woman | Homecoming | Based On Play

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Steve McQueen	...	Henry Thomas
Lee Remick	...	Georgette Thomas
Don Murray	...	Deputy Sheriff Slim
Paul Fix	...	Judge Ewing
Josephine Hutchinson	...	Mrs. Ewing
Ruth White	...	Miss Clara
Charles Watts	...	Mr. Tillman
Carol Veazie	...	Mrs. Tillman
Estelle Hemsley	...	Catherine, Miss Kate Dawson's Housekeeper
Kimberly Block	...	Margaret Rose Thomas
Zamah Cunningham	...	Mrs. T.V. Smith, Old Lady on Bus
George Dunn	...	Counterman at Restaurant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Horvath
Wallace Schlemmer	...	Horse Boss Guarding Prisoners
Georgia Simmons	...	Miss Kate

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (cut) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Sweden:15 | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Bay City, Texas, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Horton Foote was a native of Wharton, Texas, where portions of this movie were filmed. The Texas premier of "Baby the Rain Must Fall" was held in Wharton on February 4, 1965 at the now-demolished Rio Theatre.

Quotes:

Henry Thomas: [yelling a couple feet away from Miss Kates bedroom door] I'M NOT GOING TO QUITE MY MUSIC! YOU HEAR THAT OLD LADY?... I'm not going to quite MUSIC!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "What's My Line?: (1965-01-10)" (1965)

Soundtrack:

Baby, The Rain Must Fall

2 Stars Make Up For Depressing Tale

This is a little slow by today's standards, and not really much of story. It's also a sad, haunting kind of movie. What I liked was the cast, which featured two of my all-time favorite actors: Steve McQueen and Lee Remick.

I got rid of the tape and frankly, I'm sorry I did because I'd to give this film another chance. Remick plays an old-fashioned sweet woman that is rare to see on screen these days. It was not a glamorous role, but I don't believe she's ever looked prettier. Her unspoiled daughter in this film was a nice kid, too.

If this film just wasn't so darn depressing at times, I would have kept it. Maybe three viewings was enough. Most people, especially younger people of today, wouldn't make it all the way through one showing since it's slow and the story, frankly, isn't that memorable. Perhaps that it's a sad story makes me want to forget. Whatever!

Yet, it does have McQueen and Remick, and those two keep drawing me back.