
Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!
Cast

Burt Lancaster
Bill Starbuck

Katharine Hepburn
Lizzie Curry

Wendell Corey
Deputy Sheriff J.S. File

Lloyd Bridges
Noah Curry

Earl Holliman
Jim Curry

Cameron Prud'Homme
H.C. Curry

Wallace Ford
Sheriff Howard Thomas

Yvonne Lime
Snookie Maguire

Jack Kenny
Townsman (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll
Townsman (uncredited)

Frank Mills
Train Conductor (uncredited)

Kansas Moehring
Townsman (uncredited)
Joe Ploski
Townsman (uncredited)
Crew
Joseph Anthony
Director
N. Richard Nash
Screenplay, Novel

Charles Lang
Director of Photography
Ralph Axness
Second Assistant Director
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director

Hal B. Wallis
Producer

Edith Head
Costume Design
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Harold Lewis
Sound Recordist
Winston H. Leverett
Sound Recordist

Alex North
Original Music Composer
Arthur Krams
Set Decoration

Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Warren Hoag
Electrician
Warren Low
Supervising Editor
Bob Fender
Publicist
Walter H. Tyler
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
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