The Rainmaker (1997)
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.
- Released
- 1997-11-18
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Francis Ford Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Herr
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 1568 votes
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