The Rainmaker

directed by Joseph Anthony
Category: "Drama"
Year of Release:1956
Date Added:11/30/2011
Date Watched:11/30/2011
Description:Bill Starbuck (Burt Lancaster) is a traveling con-man who claims he can make it rain. He happens upon the Curry family and convinces them to pay him $100 to make it rain within 24 hours. During his time on their farm, he convinces younger brother Jim (Earl Holliman) to demand independence from his younger brother Noah (Lloyd Bridges) and he convinces spinster sister Lizzie (Katharine Hepburn) that she is desirable. When the sheriff shows up to arrest Bill, the family convinces him to let him go. Bill asks Lizzie to go with him, but when the sheriff fights for her himself, she decides to stay. On Bill's way out of town, it begins to rain.
My Rating:5

Reviews for The Rainmaker

Review - Rainmaker, The

Slow-moving and over-dramatized. Lancaster's character has some life, but the movie was ruined by the fact that Lizzie was played by Katharine Hepburn who is as undesirable a woman in appearance, voice, manner and overall demeanor as has ever walked the earth.

Reviewed by Roger on 2011-11-30 21:02:51

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