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The Rainmaker (1997)

2h 15m · 18 Nov 1997

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

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Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.

Movie ID77415
GenreDrama
DirectorFrancis Ford Coppola
Main castMatt Damon, Claire Danes, Danny DeVito, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place, Dean Stockwell, Mickey Rourke, Danny Glover
Release date18 November 1997
Release year1997
LanguageEnglish
Duration135 min (2h 15m)
Rating7.0 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseDouglas/Reuther Productions

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writers: Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Herr

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Matt DamonRudy Baylor Claire DanesKelly Riker Danny DeVitoDeck Shifflet Jon VoightLeo F. Drummond Mary Kay PlaceDot Black Dean StockwellJudge Harvey Hale Mickey RourkeBruiser Stone Danny GloverRichter Tyrone Kipler Virginia MadsenJackie Lemancyzk Randy TravisBilly Porter Roy ScheiderWilfred Keeley Red WestBuddy Black Johnny WhitworthDonny Ray Black Andrew ShueCliff Riker Teresa WrightColleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
Wayne EmmonsPrince Thomas
Adrian RobertsButch
Michael GirardinEverett Lufkin
Randall KingJack Underhall
Justin AshforthF. Franklin Donaldson

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