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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.
A con-man claims to be a rainmaker and marries a spinster in a drought-stricken Kansas town. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this classic film.
- (4.3K)
- Romance, Western
- Joseph Anthony
- 1956-12-13
In 1931, with the heartland of Kansas suffering a severe drought, confidence man Bill Starbuck plies his trade as a rainmaker, though he has failed to produce even a single drop of precipitation. After narrowly escaping another angry mob, to whom he has been selling bogus tornado deflectors, Starbuck arrives in the backwater town of Three Point.
- Burt Lancaster
Bill Starbuck (Burt Lancaster), a slick grifter, arrives in town, promising he can make it rain in exchange for $100. His offer is accepted by H. C. Curry (Cameron Prudhomme), a rancher whose ...
- (5)
- Burt Lancaster
- Joseph Anthony
- Drama
A legal drama based on John Grisham's novel, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight and Mickey Rourke. The film follows a young lawyer who takes on a corrupt insurance company and a violent husband.
- (57)
- Francis Ford Coppola
- PG-13
- Matt Damon
1956. Directed by Joseph Anthony. It’s about the magic that makes a woman beautiful when she’s wanted by a man! 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!
A plain and unmarried woman falls in love with a rainmaker who comes to her drought-stricken town. Watch the trailer, read the reviews and learn more about this classic film based on a novel by N. Richard Nash.
