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The Rainmaker is a 1956 American western romance film directed by Joseph Anthony and adapted by N. Richard Nash from his 1954 play The Rainmaker.The film tells the story of a middle-aged woman, suffering from unrequited love for the local town sheriff; however, she falls for a con man who comes to town with the promise that he can make it rain.
Henry Earl Holliman was born on September 11, 1928, in Delhi, Louisiana. [1] His biological father William A. Frost was a farmer. [2] His mother Mary Smith [3] was living in poverty with several other children [4] and gave him up for adoption at birth, while her other children were sent to orphanages until she could take them all back, which she did. [1]
Holliman in a publicity portrait for The Rainmaker (1956). Earl Holliman (September 11, 1928 – November 25, 2024) was an American film and TV actor who appeared in 97 features between 1952 and 2000, including recurring roles on the television series Hotel de Paree, Wide Country, Police Woman, The Thorn Birds, P.S.
In 1956’s “The Rainmaker,” he won the role of Jim Curry over Elvis Presley, who had also been up for the part. He was raised in Oil City, La., and enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 15 ...
(NEXSTAR) – Award-winning actor Earl Holliman has died at the age of 96, according to multiple reports. Holliman died Monday in hospice care at his home in Studio City according to his spouse ...
USA Network has announced the first casting for its upcoming TV adaptation of The Rainmaker: John Slattery (Mad Men) has been tapped as a series regular in the drama based on the bestselling John ...
Charles Hatfield and the San Diego flood is credited as the inspiration for the instrumental musical piece "The Rainmaker" from the album Innovators released in 1993 by Sam Cordon and Kurt Bestor. Hatfield's story inspired the 1956 Burt Lancaster film The Rainmaker, based on the play of the same name. [12] Hollywood invited Hatfield to the ...
TVLine has learned that the basic cabler once regarded as the home to “blue sky” television has given a straight-to-series order to an adaptation of the 1995 John Grisham novel The Rainmaker ...