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The Rainmaker (1956)

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Rotten:1

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Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A screen adaptation of N. Richard Nash's hit Broadway play. In this cornfed romantic comedy, a poetry-spouting scam artist arrives on a Western ranch claiming he can conjure up rain. But the land... [More]

Starring: Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges

Director: Joseph Anthony

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		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 26 2009 03:17 AM	Variety
C	Emanuel Levy	Playing yet another spinster, Katharine Hepburn is too old (49) for the part of the tomboy in Joseph Andrew's poorly directed film that suffers from its theatrical sensibility. Full Review \| Comment \| Aug., 22 2008 02:14 PM	EmanuelLevy.Com
4/5	Steve Crum	Drama, love story, and often comedic Lancaster-Hepburn teaming. Comment \| Apr., 23 2007 12:35 PM	Video-Reviewmaster.com
	Bosley Crowther	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 25 2006 04:23 AM	New York Times
3/5	Scott Weinberg	Pretty entertaining for the most part -- even if you'll be laughing at the movie as much as you are with it. Full Review \| Comment \| Jul., 21 2005 03:23 PM	DVDTalk.com
	Dave Kehr	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Chicago Reader

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