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The Rainmaker (1956)

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The Rainmaker

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Synopsis

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!

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Cast

Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster

Bill Starbuck

Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn

Lizzie Curry

Wendell Corey
Wendell Corey

Deputy Sheriff J.S. File

Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges

Noah Curry

Earl Holliman
Earl Holliman

Jim Curry

Cameron Prud'Homme
Cameron Prud'Homme

H.C. Curry

Wallace Ford
Wallace Ford

Sheriff Howard Thomas

Yvonne Lime
Yvonne Lime

Snookie Maguire

Jack Kenny
Jack Kenny

Townsman (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll
Tex Driscoll

Townsman (uncredited)

Frank Mills
Frank Mills

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Kansas Moehring
Kansas Moehring

Townsman (uncredited)

Joe Ploski
Joe Ploski

Townsman (uncredited)

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