John Grisham's The Rainmaker
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MPAA Rating:
PG-13
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Struggling new attorney Rudy Baylor resorts to working for a shady lawyer, where he meets paralegal Deck Shifflet . When the insurance company of Dot Black refuses her dying son coverage, Baylor and Shifflet team up to fight the corrupt corporation, taking on its callous lawyer . Meanwhile, Baylor becomes involved with Kelly Riker, an abused wife, whose husband complicates matters when he confronts Baylor.
Cast :
- Matt Damon
- Rudy Baylor
- Claire Danes
- Kelly Riker
- Jon Voight
- Leo F. Drummond
- Mary Kay Place
- Dot Black
- Mickey Rourke
- Bruiser Stone
- Danny DeVito
- Deck Shifflet
- Dean Stockwell
- Judge Harvey Hale
- Teresa Wright
- Miss Birdie
- Virginia Madsen
- Jackie Lemanczyk
- Andrew Shue
- Cliff Riker
- Red West
- Buddy Black
- Johnny Whitworth
- Donny Ray Black
- Wayne Emmons
- Prince Thomas
- Adrian Roberts
- Butch
- Roy Scheider
- Wilfred Keeley
- Randy Travis
- Billy Porter
- Michael Girardin
- Everett Lufkin
- Randall King
- Jack Underhall
- Justin Ashforth
- F. Franklin Donaldson
- Michael Keys Hall
- B. Bobby Shaw
- Danny Glover
- Judge Tyrone Kipler (uncredited)
- Producers :
- Michael Douglas , Fred Fuchs , Steven Reuther
- Writers :
- Francis Ford Coppola , John Grisham , Michael Herr
