The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker (1997)

They were totally unqualified to try the case of a lifetime... but every underdog has his day.

Drama Crime Thriller

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.

star 7.0 7.2 72 82%
  • Release Date: 1997-11-18
  • Runtime: 2h 15min
  • Director: Francis Ford Coppola

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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

  • Adrian Roberts

    Butch

  • Michael Girardin

    Everett Lufkin

  • Randall King

    Jack Underhall

  • Justin Ashforth

    F. Franklin Donaldson

  • Michael Keys Hall

    B. Bobby Hall

  • James Cunningham

    J. Michael Floquet

  • Frank Clem

    Mr. Van Landel

  • Alan Woolf

    Kermit Aldy

  • Sonny Shroyer

    Delbert Birdsong

  • Pamela Tice Chapman

    Vera Birdsong

  • John Yancey

    Homicide Detective

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