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The Rainmaker (1956) During the Depression, a con-man promises rain to a desperate drought-ridden Kansas town and marriage to

The Rainmaker (1956)

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

Cast:
Bill Starbuck: Burt Lancaster
Lizzie Curry: Katharine Hepburn
Deputy Sheriff J.S. File: Wendell Corey
Noah Curry: Lloyd Bridges
Jim Curry: Earl Holliman
H.C. Curry: Cameron Prud'Homme
Sheriff Howard Thomas: Wallace Ford
Snookie Maguire: Yvonne Lime
Sheriff: Michael Bachus
Belinda: Dottie Bee Baker
Phil Mackey: Kenneth Becker
Townsman: Harry Tenbrook
Townswoman: Eleanore Vogel
Train Conductor: Frank Mills
Deputy: Dan White

Written by: N. Richard Nash

Director: Joseph Anthony

Release date: 13 Dec 1956

Box Office: $2,100,000
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