Does The Rainmaker end with hope?

Yes, very. More hopeful than 90% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Rainmaker easy watching?

Yes. More comforting than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Rainmaker scary?

Barely. Less frightening than 84% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Rainmaker violent?

Barely. Less violent than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Rainmaker sad?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Rainmaker

Name: The Rainmaker
Genre: Romance, Western
Released: 1956
Duration: 121 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Earl Holliman

It's about the magic that makes a woman beautiful when she's wanted by a man!

Directed by Joseph Anthony

Produced by Hal Wallis Productions, Paramount Pictures

1956121 min6.8 / 10

A charming romantic Western about a con-man rainmaker who transforms a plain spinster's self-worth and prospects through charisma and belief in her hidden beauty.

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!

Clusters

Feel-Good Second-Chance Romance Whimsical Reinvention Through Romance Second Chance Romance Romance With Ghosts Isolation And Loneliness

Genres

Romance Western

Keywords

Con Man Unrequited Love Stranger Drought Spinster Pray For Rain Western

Questions people ask

Does The Rainmaker end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 90% of films.
Is The Rainmaker easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.
Is The Rainmaker scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.
Is The Rainmaker violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is The Rainmaker sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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