Baby, the Rain Must Fall (1965)
- Starring:
- Lee Remick, Steve McQueen, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Mulligan
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
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Adapted by Horton Foote from his own play The Travelling Lady, Baby the Rain Must Fall stars Steve McQueen as a troube-prone country singer and Lee Remick as his estranged wife. Released on parole after serving time for knifing a man, McQueen returns to Remick and their young daughter Kimberly Block. When he proves incapable of supporting his family, McQueen's violent nature erupts once more, with catastrophic results. Don Murray costars as a compassionate sheriff who tries to keep McQueen from straying off course. Though it seems to go on forever when seen today, Baby the Rain Must Fall was praised effusively by the critics in 1965 as a welcome change of pace for action star Steve McQueen; The film would make an interesting companion feature for the strikingly similar Horton Foote project Tender Mercies (1983). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 99 mins
Complete Cast:
- Lee Remick - Georgette Thomas
- Don Murray - Slim
- Josephine Hutchinson - Mrs. Ewing
- Charles Watts - Mr. Tillman
- Estelle Hemsley - Catherine
- George Dunn - Counterman
- Steve McQueen - Henry Thomas
- Paul Fix - Judge Ewing
- Ruth White - Miss Clara
- Carol Veazie - Mrs. Tillman
- Zamah Cunningham - Mrs. T.V. Smith
- Glen Campbell - Uncredited
- Director(s):
- Robert Mulligan
- Writer(s):
- Horton Foote
- Producer(s):
- Alan J. Pakula
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR(Questionable for Children, Violence)
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