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!
Acting
Hepburn's volcanic vulnerability, Lancaster's snake-oil charm
Writing
N. Richard Nash's stage roots show—crackling dialogue
Director
Joseph Anthony
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)
Frank Mills
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Kansas Moehring
Townsman (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hepburn fought hard for this role after being deemed 'too old' at 49—she originated it on Broadway but wasn't first choice for the film.
The 1956 drought setting mirrors real Dust Bowl fears, making Starbuck's grift land differently than a simple romance—he's selling survival, not just love.
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