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6.2/10   438 votes
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Writers:
Horton Foote (play)
Horton Foote (screenplay)
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Release Date:
15 January 1965 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The more he gets into trouble, the more he gets under her skin! more
Plot:
Henry Thomas is out on parole in a small Texan town and, in the evenings, he is the lead singer in a band... more | add synopsis
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2 Stars Make Up For Depressing Tale more (22 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

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

Glen Campbell ... Band Member (uncredited)
John Daheim ... Tough Patron (uncredited)
Roy Jenson ... Tough Patron (uncredited)
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Directed by
Robert Mulligan 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Horton Foote  play "The Travelling Lady"
Horton Foote  screenplay

Produced by
Alan J. Pakula .... producer
 
Original Music by
Elmer Bernstein 
 
Cinematography by
Ernest Laszlo 
 
Film Editing by
Aaron Stell 
 
Art Direction by
Roland Anderson 
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Albert Bettcher .... first assistant camera
 
Music Department
Bob Bain .... musician: guitar (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Vance Jonson .... title designer
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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. more
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! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "What's My Line?: (1965-01-10)" (1965) more
Soundtrack:
Baby, The Rain Must Fall more

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11 out of 18 people found the following review useful.
2 Stars Make Up For Depressing Tale, 10 November 2005
5/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

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.

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