The Rainmaker
by N. Richard Nashliterary work· published 1954
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The Rainmaker is a play written by N. Richard Nash in the early 1950s. It was first performed in August 1953 on NBC's live TV show, The Philco Television Playhouse. The play then opened on Broadway on October 28, 1954, at the Cort Theatre, and ran for 125 performances. The Broadway production was directed by Joseph Anthony and produced by Ethel Linder Reiner. The play was translated into more than 40 languages and adapted into the 1956 film The Rainmaker starring Burt Lancaster and Katharine Hepburn. It was filmed again for a 1982 TV movie directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Tuesday Weld. The story was also adapted into a Broadway musical, 110 in the Shade.
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The Rainmaker was adapted into a 1982 television film.
The Rainmaker1982 · television film · 135 min · dir. N. Richard Nash · IMDb ↗IMDb6.6Traveling rainmaker Starbuck arrives at the drought-ridden Curry place, promising rain for the farm and perhaps a romance for 'spinster sister' Lizzie.
