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The Rain People( 1969)

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Rain people are very fragile…one mistake in love and they dissolve.

Overview

When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.

    Top Billed Cast

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      James Caan

      Jimmy Kilgannon

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      Shirley Knight

      Natalie Ravenna

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      Robert Duvall

      Gordon

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      Marya Zimmet

      Rosalie

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      Tom Aldredge

      Mr. Alfred

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      Laurie Crews

      Ellen

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      Andrew Duncan

      Artie

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      Margaret Fairchild

      Marion

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      Sally Gracie

      Beth

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      Alan Manson

      Lou

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      Robert Modica

      Vinny Ravenna

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      Eleanor Coppola

      Gordon's Wife (uncredited)

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    A review by Wuchak

    7
    Written by Wuchak on Sat Sep 21 2024
    **_Coppola's mundane and melancholy late ’60’s arthouse road movie_** A 30-ish wife on Long Island (Shirley Knight) needs to just get away and so enters her station wagon and drives west. To where? She doesn’t know, but she picks up an ex-college football player (James Caan) before meeting a motorcycle cop (Robert Duvall). “The Rain People” (1969) was made three years before Francis Ford Coppola became famous with “The Godfather.” It was his first movie in which he had total creative control, writing and directing on the road without producers breathing down his neck. The story was inspi...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    750000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • runaway
    • housewife
    • hitchhiker
    • pregnant woman
    • road movie