virtualband Review of The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker (1956)

Interesting story, cast sabotage selves chewing scenery

[6/10 · 2 September 2008]

Is there a 5-minute sequence anywhere in this movie where someone isn't either laughing, crying, yelling, throwing a punch, or more likely multiple characters doing all of the above? To me the best performance was easily Wendell Corey.. the only one not seemingly possessed by multiple personalities. His first scene about having a dog named "dog" is a great bit of "dramedy", and in the one-one-one with Hepburn he looks just like what File is... a man who might be in love but terrifed at the thought of showing his hand and getting burned. OK, right after the dog scene he does punch somebody, but "he had it coming"... and a nice swing too.