Rainmaker (1956) Joseph Anthony Digital Life VHS

Rainmaker (1956)
starring: Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Earl Holliman
directed by: Joseph Anthony

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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301105934
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6301105931
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: January 13, 1998
Running Time: 121 minutes
Sales Rank: 5286
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: December 13, 1956

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This 1950s classic is based on the N. Richard Nash play of the same name (and not to be confused with the John Grisham novel and subsequent film). It's drought time in the Southwest; things are so bad that when a con man (Burt Lancaster) comes to town promising he can make rain, a rancher takes him up on it. But the rancher's spinster daughter (Katharine Hepburn) is skeptical--until Lancaster makes lightning strike her heart, with the unexpected consequence of the rainmaker falling in love with her. Lancaster is charismatic and funny and finds his match in Hepburn (with Earl Holliman providing comic relief as her impulsive younger brother). Think Harold Hill and Marian the Librarian on a farm, minus the music (though Rainmaker later was made into the Broadway musical 110 in the Shade). --Marshall Fine

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Right as Rain.
This movie is like a spirit rain. It refreshes the spirit.
I feel closer to the Lord by owning the Rainmaker.

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- "He's a Dream"
Katherine Hepburn really plays it up as an old maid trying to repel the the jesting, jabbing, goading of her male family members in an effort to get her to find a man and marry. A part of her is content to remain the way she is--that is until she tastes the magic of the Rainmaker, played by Burt Lancaster. His very presence on the scene awakens pent up longings. Burt is perfect in his part, and they are perfect together. The family has paid the traveling rainmaker to produce rain for their crops and livestock. He chants and raves spouting beautiful oratory in order to conjure up the rain. When they start to believe that he is just another traveling con man, the thunder starts to roll as his rainmaker wagon is rolling off their ranch. He earns the money for the rain he promised them, and our old maid will never be the same again. The rainmaker has taught her something about taking risks during his stay. He ... Read More

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- Great classic movie
A great classic movie from the 1950s, this Lancaster and Hepburn film is bound to have you glued to your seat. The sexual tension between Hepburn and Lancaster is remarkable and the all male environment that Hepburn lives in only adds to this. Couple this with Lancaster's sleazy take on being a "rainmaker" and you've got the makings of a great book, play, movie, and musical. Rain-make your way into this great film.

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- The Rainmaker
I have always loved this movie and finally I can own it and watch it whenever I want. The CD I received is great.

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