The Rainmaker (1997)

ALL 11/18/1997 (en) Drama, Crime, Thriller 135 Min
  • Release
    11/18/1997
  • Production
    Douglas/Reuther Productions, American Zoetrope, Constellation Films
  • Rotten tomato
    70.3%
  • Original title
    The Rainmaker
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 45,916,769.00
    -

They were totally unqualified to try the case of a lifetime... but every underdog has his day.

Overview

When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.

  1. Story

  2. Barry Malkin

    Editor



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Casts

  1. Matt Damon

    Rudy Baylor

  2. Claire Danes

    Kelly Riker

  3. Danny DeVito

    Deck Shifflet

  4. Jon Voight

    Leo F. Drummond

  5. Mary Kay Place

    Dot Black

  6. Dean Stockwell

    Judge Harvey Hale

  7. Mickey Rourke

    Bruiser Stone

  8. Danny Glover

    Richter Tyrone Kipler

  9. Virginia Madsen

    Jackie Lemancyzk

  10. Randy Travis

    Billy Porter

  11. Roy Scheider

    Wilfred Keeley

  12. Red West

    Buddy Black

  13. Johnny Whitworth

    Donny Ray Black

  14. Andrew Shue

    Cliff Riker

  15. Teresa Wright

    Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong

  16. Wayne Emmons

    Prince Thomas

  17. Adrian Roberts

    Butch

  18. Michael Girardin

    Everett Lufkin

  19. Randall King

    Jack Underhall

  20. Justin Ashforth

    F. Franklin Donaldson

  21. Michael Keys Hall

    B. Bobby Hall

  22. James Cunningham

    J. Michael Floquet

  23. Frank Clem

    Mr. Van Landel

  24. Alan Woolf

    Kermit Aldy

  25. Sonny Shroyer

    Delbert Birdsong

  26. Pamela Tice Chapman

    Vera Birdsong

  27. John Yancey

    Homicide Detective

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 27 , Crews : 102

Keyword

The Rainmaker (1997) 135 Min

ALL 11/18/1997 (en)
Drama, Crime, Thriller
  • Release 11/18/1997
  • Production
    Douglas/Reuther Productions, American Zoetrope, Constellation Films
  • Original title The Rainmaker
  • en
  • Revenue45,916,769.00

They were totally unqualified to try the case of a lifetime... but every underdog has his day.

Overview

When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.

  1. Francis Ford Coppola

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Barry Malkin

    Editor

  4. Michael Douglas, Fred Fuchs, Steven Reuther, Francis Ford Coppola

    Producer