The Rainmaker
They were totally unqualified to try the case of a lifetime... but every underdog has his day.
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11/18/1997Runtime
135 minsOverview
When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$40,000,000Revenue
$45,916,769Homepage
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A scrappy David-versus-Goliath courtroom drama where an underdog lawyer fights a rigged system for an impossible case. It's earnest and propulsive, trading cynicism for earned idealism.
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Matt Damon
Rudy Baylor
Claire Danes
Kelly Riker
Danny DeVito
Deck Shifflet
Jon Voight
Leo F. Drummond
Mary Kay Place
Dot Black
Dean Stockwell
Judge Harvey Hale
Mickey Rourke
Bruiser Stone
Danny Glover
Richter Tyrone Kipler
Virginia Madsen
Jackie Lemancyzk
Randy Travis
Billy Porter
Roy Scheider
Wilfred Keeley
Red West
Buddy Black
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