| 词条 | The Rainmaker (1956 film) |
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| name = The Rainmaker | image = The rainmaker film poster.jpg | image size = | alt = | caption = Film poster | director = Joseph Anthony | producer = Hal B. Wallis | writer = N. Richard Nash | starring = Burt Lancaster Katharine Hepburn | music = Alex North | cinematography = Charles Lang | editing = Warren Low | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{start date|1956|12|13}} | runtime = 121 minutes | country = United States | language = English | gross = $2.1 million (US)[1] }} The Rainmaker is a 1956 American romance film directed by Joseph Anthony and adapted by N. Richard Nash from his play The Rainmaker. The film tells the story of a middle-aged woman, suffering from unrequited love for the local town sheriff; however, she falls for a con man who comes to town with the promise that he can make it rain. It stars Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges and Earl Holliman. Holliman won a Golden Globe Award for his performance. The film was later remade in Hindi as Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} PlotDuring 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. Lizzie keeps house for her father, H.C., and two brothers on the family cattle ranch. As their farm languishes under the devastating drought, Lizzie's family worries about her marriage prospects more than about their dying cattle. Prior to Starbuck's arrival, Lizzie was expecting Sheriff File, for whom she harbors a secret yen, though he declined the family's invitation to dinner. Starbuck promises to bring rain in exchange for money.[2] Against Lizzie's protests, H.C. goes for the deal out of desperation for rain even though he thinks Starbuck is a con. Starbuck is exposed, but the Curry clan stands up for him, leading to both Starbuck and File finally declaring for Lizzie. In the end, Lizzie gets her man, and of course, it rains. Cast{{Div col}}
AwardsAcademy Awards
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AdaptationsThe Rainmaker play was remade for American television in 1982, directed by John Frankenheimer and starring James Cromwell, Tommy Lee Jones, William Katt and Tuesday Weld. See also
References1. ^"Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30 2. ^http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm BLS Inflation Calculator 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944 |title=The 29th Academy Awards (1956) Nominees and Winners|accessdate=2014-03-12|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}} External links
16 : 1956 films|1950s romance films|American films|American romance films|Directorial debut films|English-language films|Films scored by Alex North|Films about con artists|American films based on plays|Films directed by Joseph Anthony|Films produced by Hal B. Wallis|Films set in the 1930s|Films set in Kansas|Paramount Pictures films|Screenplays by N. Richard Nash|Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe winning performance |
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