The Rainmaker 1956

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 Bill Starbuck
• Katharine Hepburn Lizzie Curry
• Wendell Corey Deputy Sheriff J.S. File
• Lloyd Bridges Noah Curry
• Earl Holliman Jim Curry
• Cameron Prud'Homme H.C. Curry
• Wallace Ford Sheriff Howard Thomas
• Yvonne Lime Snookie Maguire
• Jack Kenny Townsman (uncredited)
• Tex Driscoll Townsman (uncredited)

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