The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

135 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Nov. 18, 1997

When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.

The Rainmaker

135 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Nov. 18, 1997

The Rainmaker
When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Paramount, Constellation Entertainment
Original title The Rainmaker
Directors Michael Amundson, Gary Marcus, David Kelley, Roman Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola
Writers John Grisham, Michael Herr, Francis Ford Coppola

Cast

Matt Damon

as Rudy Baylor

Claire Danes

as Kelly Riker

Danny DeVito

as Deck Shifflet

Jon Voight

as Leo F. Drummond

Mary Kay Place

as Dot Black

Dean Stockwell

as Judge Harvey Hale

Mickey Rourke

as Bruiser Stone

Danny Glover

as Richter Tyrone Kipler

Virginia Madsen

as Jackie Lemancyzk

Randy Travis

as Billy Porter

Roy Scheider

as Wilfred Keeley

Red West

as Buddy Black

Johnny Whitworth

as Donny Ray Black

Andrew Shue

as Cliff Riker

Teresa Wright

as Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong

Wayne Emmons

as Prince Thomas

Adrian Roberts

as Butch

Michael Girardin

as Everett Lufkin

Randall King

as Jack Underhall

Justin Ashforth

as F. Franklin Donaldson

Michael Keys Hall

as B. Bobby Hall

James Cunningham

as J. Michael Floquet

Frank Clem

as Mr. Van Landel

Alan Woolf

as Kermit Aldy

Sonny Shroyer

as Delbert Birdsong

Pamela Tice Chapman

as Vera Birdsong