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The Rainmaker is a 1956 American western romance film directed by Joseph Anthony and adapted by N. Richard Nash from his 1954 play The Rainmaker. The film tells the story of a middle-aged woman, suffering from unrequited love for the local town sheriff; however, she falls for a con man who comes to town with the promise that he can make it rain. It stars Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges and Earl Holliman. Holliman won a Golden Globe Award for his performance.
The Rainmaker has been remade twice: the first time as a television film of the same name in 1982 directed by John Frankenheimer; the second time in Hindi as Thodasa Roomani Ho Jayen in 1990.




Plot


During the Depression era in the Midwest, con man Bill Starbuck acts as a rainmaker, but is chased out of town after town. One day, he arrives in a drought-ridden rural town in Kansas and shows up at the door of spinsterish Lizzie Curry and the rest of the Curry clan. Lizzie keeps house for her father, H.C., and two brothers on the family cattle ranch. As their farm languishes under the devastating drought, Lizzie's family worries about her marriage prospects more than about their dying cattle. Prior to Starbuck's arrival, Lizzie was expecting Sheriff File, for whom she harbors a secret yen, though he declined the family's invitation to dinner. Starbuck promises to bring rain in exchange for money. Against Lizzie's protests, H.C. goes for the deal out of desperation for rain even though he thinks Starbuck is a con. Starbuck is exposed, but the Curry clan stands up for him, leading to both Starbuck and File finally declaring for Lizzie. In the end, Lizzie gets her man, and of course, it rains.




Cast


Burt Lancaster as Bill Starbuck
Katharine Hepburn as Lizzie Curry
Wendell Corey as Deputy Sheriff J. S. File
Lloyd Bridges as Noah Curry
Earl Holliman as Jim Curry
Cameron Prud'Homme as H. C. Curry
Wallace Ford as Sheriff Howard Thomas
Yvonne Lime as Snookie Maguire




Awards






= Academy Awards

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Nominations
Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn
Best Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Alex North




= Golden Globe Awards

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Won:

Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor: Earl Holliman
Nominations

Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Drama
Golden Globe for Best Actor: Burt Lancaster
Golden Globe for Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn




See also


List of American films of 1956




References






External links


The Rainmaker at IMDb
The Rainmaker at the TCM Movie Database
The Rainmaker at AllMovie
The Rainmaker at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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