The Rainmaker

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1956 · 121 min · Romance · Western · TMDB 6.8/10

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!

Directed by Joseph Anthony

Cast

• Burt Lancaster — Bill Starbuck
• Katharine Hepburn — Lizzie Curry
• Wendell Corey — Deputy Sheriff J.S. File
• Lloyd Bridges — Noah Curry
• Earl Holliman — Jim Curry