The Rainmaker
“They were totally unqualified to try the case of a lifetime... but every underdog has his day.”
19972h 15mDrama · Crime · Thriller
Released
November 18, 1997
TMDB Score
70% match · 1,538 votes
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About the Movie
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
- $40M
- 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
Wayne Emmons
Prince Thomas
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