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The Rainmaker

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

19972h 15mDrama

Released

November 18, 1997

7.0

TMDB Score

70% match · 1,568 votes

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About the Movie

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Drama

Synopsis

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.

DirectorFrancis Ford Coppola

Released: November 18, 1997
Runtime: 2h 15m
Status: Released
Original language: English
Budget: $40.0M
Box office: $45.9M
Studios: Douglas/Reuther Productions, American Zoetrope, Constellation Films

Top Billed Cast

Matt Damon

Rudy Baylor

Claire Danes

Kelly Riker

Danny DeVito

Deck Shifflet

Jon Voight

Leo F. Drummond

Mary Kay Place

Dot Black

Dean Stockwell

Judge Harvey Hale

Mickey Rourke

Bruiser Stone

Danny Glover

Richter Tyrone Kipler

Virginia Madsen

Jackie Lemancyzk

Randy Travis

Billy Porter

Roy Scheider

Wilfred Keeley

Red West

Buddy Black

Johnny Whitworth

Donny Ray Black

Andrew Shue

Cliff Riker

Teresa Wright

Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong

WE

Wayne Emmons

Prince Thomas

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