The Rains Came (1939)
103 min
Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.
- Release date
- September 15, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $2,500,000
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Trailer
Cast
- Myrna Loy as Lady Edwina Esketh
- Tyrone Power as Major Rama Safti
- George Brent as Tom Ransome
- Brenda Joyce as Fern Simon
- Nigel Bruce as Lord Albert Esketh
- Maria Ouspenskaya as Maharani
- Joseph Schildkraut as Mr. Bannerjee
- Mary Nash as Miss Mac Daid
- Jane Darwell as Aunt Phoebe - Mrs. Smiley
- Marjorie Rambeau as Mrs. Simon
- Henry Travers as Rev. Homer Smiley
- H.B. Warner as Maharajah
- Laura Hope Crews as Lily Hoggett-Egburry
- William Royle as Raschid Ali Khan
- C. Montague Shaw as General Keith
- Harry Hayden as Rev. Elmer Simon
- Herbert Evans as Bates
- Abner Biberman as John, the Baptist
- William Edmunds as Mr. Das
- Eddie Abdo as Soldier (uncredited)
- Guy D'Ennery as Mr. Durga (uncredited)
- Fern Emmett as Hindu Woman (uncredited)
- Rosina Galli as Nurse (uncredited)
- Sam Harris as Officer (uncredited)
- Jamiel Hasson as Aide-de-Camp (uncredited)
- Leyland Hodgson as Doctor (uncredited)
Crew
- Clarence Brown · Director
- Philip Dunne · Writer
- Julien Josephson · Writer
- Louis Bromfield · Writer
- Darryl F. Zanuck · Producer
- Alfred Newman · Composer
- Arthur C. Miller · Cinematographer
- Barbara McLean · Editor