The Rainmaker (1956)

6.8/10 121 min Romance Western

Overview

Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!

Cast

Burt Lancaster

Bill Starbuck

Katharine Hepburn

Lizzie Curry

Wendell Corey

Deputy Sheriff J.S. File

Lloyd Bridges

Noah Curry

Earl Holliman

Jim Curry

Cameron Prud'Homme

H.C. Curry

Wallace Ford

Sheriff Howard Thomas

Yvonne Lime

Snookie Maguire

Jack Kenny

Townsman (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll

Townsman (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Kansas Moehring

Townsman (uncredited)

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