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The rainmaker [videorecording (DVD)].

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 05606 | Paramount Pictures Corp.Language: English, French Original language: English Series: Video Difference legacy collectionPublication details: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, 2005.Description: 1 videodisc (121 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., col. ; 12 cmISBN:
  • 1415712514
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
Production credits:
  • Paramount Pictures ; produced by Hal B. Wallis ; screenplay by N. Richard Nash ; directed by Joseph Anthony.
Cast: Burt Lancaster and Katharine Hepburn with Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Earl Holliman and Cameron Pud'Homme.Summary: "Under the spell of a wandering charlatan named Starbuck, a lonely ranch girl blossoms into full womanhood. Katharine Hepburn garnered an Oscar nomination as the 'believably plain yet magnetically beautiful' tomboy rancher, with Burt Lancaster brilliantly cast in the role of the smooth-talking con man who sells his rainmaking "powers' to unsuspecting, drought-ridden Western towns. Playwright N. Richard Nash meticulously enlarges his hit Broadway play to the big screen without losing any of the earthy, gut-wrenching emotions or the sheer, hilarious fun. The result is a genuinely appealing and beautifully executed romance. A must-see for Hepburn fans."--Container.
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Based on the Broadway stage play by N. Richard Nash.

Originally released as a comedy-drama motion picture 1956.

Paramount Pictures ; produced by Hal B. Wallis ; screenplay by N. Richard Nash ; directed by Joseph Anthony.

Burt Lancaster and Katharine Hepburn with Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Earl Holliman and Cameron Pud'Homme.

"Under the spell of a wandering charlatan named Starbuck, a lonely ranch girl blossoms into full womanhood. Katharine Hepburn garnered an Oscar nomination as the 'believably plain yet magnetically beautiful' tomboy rancher, with Burt Lancaster brilliantly cast in the role of the smooth-talking con man who sells his rainmaking "powers' to unsuspecting, drought-ridden Western towns. Playwright N. Richard Nash meticulously enlarges his hit Broadway play to the big screen without losing any of the earthy, gut-wrenching emotions or the sheer, hilarious fun. The result is a genuinely appealing and beautifully executed romance. A must-see for Hepburn fans."--Container.

Home use only.

Includes English and French language tracks with optional English subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

DRA PG dg

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