The Rainmaker is a 1956 film which tells the story of a middle-aged woman, suffering from unrequited love for the local town sheriff, who falls for a con man who comes to town with the promise that he can make it rain. It stars Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges and Earl Holliman. 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A confidence trick, confidence game, or con for short, (also known as a scam) is an attempt to intentionally mislead a person or persons (known as the mark) usually with the goal of financial or other gain. ... Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 _ October 20, 1994) was an American film actor. ... Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an iconic star of American film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. ... Wendell Corey (March 20, 1914 – November 8, 1968) was an American actor. ... Lloyd Bridges (January 15, 1913 - March 10, 1998) was an American actor. ... Earl Holliman (born September 11, 1928 in Delhi, Louisiana) is an American film and television actor. ...

The movie was adapted by N. Richard Nash from his play. It was directed by Joseph Anthony.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Katharine Hepburn) and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Earl Holliman won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... From Rule Sixteen of the Special Rules for The Music Awards Original Score: An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. ... Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance in a motion picture released in the previous year. ...

The Rainmaker was remade as Der Regenmacher in 1980 for German television. This version was directed by Ludwig Cremer and stars Rolf Becker, Cornelia Froboess and Götz George. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Götz George Götz George (born July 23, 1938 in Berlin, real name Götz Schulze) is a German actor, son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. ...

It was also made for American television in 1982, directed by John Frankenheimer and starring James Cromwell, Tommy Lee Jones, William Katt and Tuesday Weld. 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film director. ... James Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American television and film actor. ... Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and director from San Saba, Texas. ... William Katt (born February 16, 1951) is an American actor most famous for his role as The Greatest American Hero. ... Tuesday Weld, born August 27, 1943, is an American film actress. ...

The Rainmaker is also a 1995 novel by John Grisham that was made into a 1997 motion picture starring Matt Damon and Danny DeVito. See also: 1994 in literature, other events of 1995, 1996 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Grishams 2005 Novel The Broker John Grisham (born February 8, 1955) is an American novelist and author best known for his works of modern legal drama. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1997. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American film actor. ... Danny DeVito as Louie in Taxi. ...

Matt Damon plays Rudy Baylor, a law graduate from Memphis State Law School. Unlike most of his fellow graduates, he has no well-paying job lined up and is forced to apply for part-time and poorly-paid law positions. Then he gets a offer from a large Memphis law firm, but it falls through before he's even begun. Law (a loanword from Old Norse lag), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments for those who do not follow... Look up Graduate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The word graduate can mean any of several things. ... Memphis was the wife of Epaphus, the founder of Memphis, Egypt in Greek mythology. ...

Desparate for a job, he allows "Prince" Thomas, the crooked owner of a sleazy bar where he's been working part-time, to introduce him to J Lyman "Bruiser" Stone, a succesful ambulance-chasing lawyer, who makes him an associate. To earn his fee, Rudy is required to hunt for potential clients at the local hospital where he must pick up injury cases and sign them up. He is introduced to Deck Shifflet (Danny deVito}, a less-than-ethical former insurance assessor. Danny DeVito as Louie in Taxi. ...

Rudy already has one case, a case of insurance bad faith, which he passionatly believes in. It could be worth several million dollars, but his personal life is falling to pieces about him and he's about to declare himself bankrupt. When his employer is raided by the police and the FBI, he and Deck set up in practice themselves and file suit on behalf of a middle-aged couple whose son is dying but could have been saved with a bone marrow transplant. Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...

Rudy has only just passed the Bar examination and has never argued a case before a jury - but he now finds himself up against a group of experienced and ruthless lawyers from a large firm. It's a daunting task, but he has several supporters and a sympathetic judge to sustain his committment. Bar or BAR can refer to several things: a pole or stick, often made of wood or metal, sometimes used to mark a height, such as in high jump, or as a handrail, such as in ballet or Dance Dance Revolution, or as an obstacle. ...

Whilst the trial proceeds, the young man dies. The case goes Rudy's way and the jury find for the plaintiff, but the insurance company declares itself bankrupt, thus allowing it to avoid paying the fifty million dollars in punitive damages and two hundred thousand dollars in actual damages.

The film follows the book in most details.