The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

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The Rainmaker

1926

0h 50m

9.0(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

The story of a racetrack tout whose prayers could bring a dry or muddy racetrack, and how he learned to capitalize on those powers. Until the day he lost the power and bet the wrong way.

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Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Georgia Hale

Georgia Hale

Nell Wendell

William Collier Jr.

William Collier Jr.

Bobby Robertson

Ernest Torrence

Ernest Torrence

Mike

Brandon Hurst

Brandon Hurst

Doyle

Joseph J. Dowling

Joseph J. Dowling

Father Murphy (as Joseph Dowling)

Tom Wilson

Tom Wilson

Chocolate

Martha Mattox

Martha Mattox

Head Nurse

Charles K. French

Charles K. French

Hospital Doctor

Jack Richardson

Jack Richardson

Western Doctor

Melbourne MacDowell

Melbourne MacDowell

Bennson

Creative team

Directed by: Clarence G. Badger
Written by: Gerald Beaumont
Hope Loring

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