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The Rainmaker( 1997)

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

Overview

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.

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      Matt Damon

      Rudy Baylor

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      Claire Danes

      Kelly Riker

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      Danny DeVito

      Deck Shifflet

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      Jon Voight

      Leo F. Drummond

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      Mary Kay Place

      Dot Black

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      Dean Stockwell

      Judge Harvey Hale

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      Mickey Rourke

      Bruiser Stone

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      Danny Glover

      Richter Tyrone Kipler

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      Virginia Madsen

      Jackie Lemancyzk

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      Randy Travis

      Billy Porter

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      Roy Scheider

      Wilfred Keeley

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      Red West

      Buddy Black

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      Johnny Whitworth

      Donny Ray Black

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      Andrew Shue

      Cliff Riker

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      Teresa Wright

      Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong

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      Wayne Emmons

      Prince Thomas

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      Adrian Roberts

      Butch

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      Michael Girardin

      Everett Lufkin

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      Randall King

      Jack Underhall

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      Justin Ashforth

      F. Franklin Donaldson

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      Michael Keys Hall

      B. Bobby Hall

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      James Cunningham

      J. Michael Floquet

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      Frank Clem

      Mr. Van Landel

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      Alan Woolf

      Kermit Aldy

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      Sonny Shroyer

      Delbert Birdsong

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      Pamela Tice Chapman

      Vera Birdsong

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      John Yancey

      Homicide Detective

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    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Sun Jul 29 2018
    ‘Good lawyer’ is not an oxymoron RELEASED IN 1997 and written & directed by Francis Ford Coppola based on John Grisham’s book, "The Rainmaker" stars Matt Damon as an idealistic newbie lawyer in Memphis who takes on a fraudulent insurance company with Danny DeVito as his paralegal and Claire Danes an abused potential love interest. Jon Voight plays the lead lawyer for the insurance company and Roy Scheider the CEO of the corporation. Beyond Coppola’s renowned expertise, the cast is stellar, which also includes Mickey Rourke as a smooth legal mogul, Virginia Madsen as a witness and Dean Sto...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    40000000.00

    Revenue

    45916769.00

    Keywords

    • court case
    • jurors
    • proof
    • leukemia
    • lawyer
    • courtroom
    • legal thriller
    • inspirational
    • dramatic