Film

The Rainmaker

1997 · 2h 15m · Drama · Crime · Thriller

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

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

82%

Metacritic

72

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.

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

• Francis Ford CoppolaDirector · Screenplay · Producer
• Michael HerrScreenplay
• John GrishamNovel
• Fred FuchsProducer
• Michael DouglasProducer
• Steven ReutherProducer
• John TollDirector of Photography
• Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
• Barry MalkinEditor
• Linda Phillips-PaloCasting

The Rainmaker (1997) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

Release date

November 18, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 15m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue

$45,916,769

Genres

Drama, Crime, Thriller

• 

  Dr. No

  1962

• 

  Fight Club

  1999

• 

  The Poseidon Adventure

  1972

• 

  The Tin Drum

  1979

• 

  The Da Vinci Code

  2006

• 

  Apollo 13

  1995

• 

  Contact

  1997

• 

  Dead Man Walking

  1995

• 

  The Spy Who Loved Me

  1977

• 

  Reach

  2025

• 

  Linnaisten vihreä kamari

  1945

• Les Jeunes Filles

  1979