The Rainmaker (1997)
They were totally unqualified to try the case of a lifetime... but every underdog has his day.
135 min
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.
- Release date
- November 21, 1997
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $40,000,000
- Box office
- $45,916,769
Trailer
Cast
- Matt Damon as Rudy Baylor
- Danny DeVito as Deck Shifflet
- Claire Danes as Kelly Riker
- Jon Voight as Leo F. Drummond
- Mary Kay Place as Dot Black
- Dean Stockwell as Judge Harvey Hale
- Teresa Wright as Miss Birdie
- Virginia Madsen as Jackie Lemancyzk
- Mickey Rourke as Bruiser Stone
- Andrew Shue as Cliff Riker
Crew
- Francis Ford Coppola · Director
- John Grisham · Writer
- Francis Ford Coppola · Writer
- Michael Herr · Writer
- Michael Douglas · Producer
- Fred Fuchs · Producer
- Steven Reuther · Producer
- Elmer Bernstein · Composer
- John Toll · Cinematographer
- Barry Malkin · Editor
- Linda Phillips-Palo · Casting director
- Howard Cummings · Production designer