Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!
Cast
Burt Lancaster
Bill Starbuck
Katharine Hepburn
Lizzie Curry
Wendell Corey
Deputy Sheriff J.S. File
Lloyd Bridges
Noah Curry
Earl Holliman
Jim Curry
Cameron Prud'Homme
H.C. Curry
Wallace Ford
Sheriff Howard Thomas
Yvonne Lime
Snookie Maguire
Jack Kenny
Townsman (uncredited)
Tex Driscoll
Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Kansas Moehring
Townsman (uncredited)
Joe Ploski
Townsman (uncredited)
Crew
Joseph Anthony
Director
N. Richard Nash
Screenplay, Novel
Charles Lang
Director of Photography
Ralph Axness
Second Assistant Director
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Harold Lewis
Sound Recordist
Winston H. Leverett
Sound Recordist
Alex North
Original Music Composer
Arthur Krams
Set Decoration
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Warren Hoag
Electrician
Warren Low
Supervising Editor
Bob Fender
Publicist
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Walter H. Tyler
Art Direction
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