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The Rainmaker

During the Depression, a con-man promises rain to a desperate drought-ridden Kansas town and marriage to a local desperate spinster.

Director

Joseph Anthony

Year

Genre

romance, western

Box Office

$2,100,000

Production

N/A

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 wins & 7 nominations total

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Noah Curry Bill Starbuck

Hey, he's gone - The Rainmaker

Jimmy won the prize - The Rainmaker

Jimmy won the prize

- You always wear that little red hat?
- No law says that I can't - The Rainmaker

- You always wear that little red hat? - No law says that I ...

- Did you say five cylinders?
- Yeah - The Rainmaker

- Did you say five cylinders? - Yeah

Home again It doesn't seem like a week - The Rainmaker

Home again It doesn't seem like a week

Not a sign of a cloud - The Rainmaker

Not a sign of a cloud

- Well, I think I'll go to bed, too
- Yeah - The Rainmaker

- Well, I think I'll go to bed, too - Yeah

Look at them cattle - The Rainmaker

Look at them cattle

I guess it comes down to one thing,
to make somebody happy - The Rainmaker

I guess it comes down to one thing, to make somebody happy

- Sleeps on your feet, huh?
- Right on my feet - The Rainmaker

- Sleeps on your feet, huh? - Right on my feet

- 6' tall and twice as handsome
- Hey, Snookie - The Rainmaker

- 6' tall and twice as handsome - Hey, Snookie

File, how's your poker? - The Rainmaker

File, how's your poker?

- That looks like a needle
- Yeah, it sure does - The Rainmaker

- That looks like a needle - Yeah, it sure does

If I didn't think he had it coming - The Rainmaker

If I didn't think he had it coming

You told File 7:00, I hope - The Rainmaker

You told File 7:00, I hope

Snookie, you still wearing your little red hat? - The Rainmaker

Snookie, you still wearing your little red hat?

See that? - The Rainmaker

- Where's Lizzie?
- She's upstairs - The Rainmaker

- Where's Lizzie? - She's upstairs

Anytime? - The Rainmaker

Look fellow the idea is we don't believe in rainmakers - The Rainmaker

Look fellow the idea is we don't believe in rainmakers

Hello? Oh, yeah - The Rainmaker

Hello? Oh, yeah

Attaboy, Jim
Beat that drum Make it rumble - The Rainmaker

Attaboy, Jim Beat that drum Make it rumble

I bet you feel real proud of yourself - The Rainmaker

I bet you feel real proud of yourself

That's a story - The Rainmaker

You're like Noah
You don't believe in nothing - The Rainmaker

You're like Noah You don't believe in nothing

Lizzie, I'm sad about you - The Rainmaker

Lizzie, I'm sad about you

Don't you feel foolish beating that drum? - The Rainmaker

Don't you feel foolish beating that drum?

Look at you, you'd think
you never painted anything in your life - The Rainmaker

Look at you, you'd think you never painted anything in ...

- What's this thing doing here?
- For Starbuck - The Rainmaker

- What's this thing doing here? - For Starbuck

What does he mean, Lizzie? - The Rainmaker

What does he mean, Lizzie?

Is File blind? - The Rainmaker

Would you - The Rainmaker

I'm sorry I hit Jim And I'll tell him so - The Rainmaker

I'm sorry I hit Jim And I'll tell him so

You better think about what I said - The Rainmaker

You better think about what I said

And when he came back - The Rainmaker

And when he came back

Now, close your eyes Close them - The Rainmaker

Now, close your eyes Close them

- I can't
- Say it, Lizzie Say it - The Rainmaker

- I can't - Say it, Lizzie Say it

Thank you, Howard
I'm sorry I woke you up - The Rainmaker

Thank you, Howard I'm sorry I woke you up

- Who painted the arrow
- I did - The Rainmaker

- Who painted the arrow - I did

Then you ain't got - The Rainmaker

Then you ain't got

Ain't heard a word from you, Noah - The Rainmaker

Ain't heard a word from you, Noah

Nobody I know of - The Rainmaker

Nobody I know of

Lizzie, it's lonely as dying out there - The Rainmaker

Lizzie, it's lonely as dying out there

What? - The Rainmaker

Sorry about the rain, boys
But then, I didn't stay my full time - The Rainmaker

Sorry about the rain, boys But then, I didn't stay my f...

Thank you, File - The Rainmaker

Thank you, File

It's lightning - The Rainmaker

- It's raining
- Yes, it is - The Rainmaker

- It's raining - Yes, it is

Rain, folks! Rain! - The Rainmaker

Rain, folks! Rain!

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During the Depression, a con-man promises rain to a desperate drought-ridden Kansas town and marriage to a local desperate spinster.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Joseph Anthony

Writer: N. Richard Nash

Production: N/A

Genre: romance, western

Year: 1956

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: $2,100,000

Released: 13 Dec 1956

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 wins & 7 nominations total

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