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The Rains Came
Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.
- Original title
- The Rains Came
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $2,500,000
- Revenue
- —
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Jun 22, 2022 · via TMDB
This is a classy adaptation of Lewis Bromfield's tale of the Raj. When the unhappily married "Lady Edwina" (Myrna Loy) and her rather indifferent, pompous, husband "Lord Hesketh" (Nigel Bruce) arrive in the Indian state of "Ranchipur", she meets up with her old friend "Ransome" (George Bent) who arrived many years earlier to paint the portrait of the Maharajah. Even though he's a bit of a rake, the bored "Lady Edwina" enjoys his company away from her disinterested husband - until, that is, she alights on local doctor "Maj. Rama Safti" (Tyrone Power). Now he's a character of some integrity and isn't an obvious choice to accede to her charms, but when an earthquake followed by the monsoon strikes the country, it's all hands to the pump and the two begin to bond for real. None of the characters in this film are who they appear to be, and that's what keeps it interesting. It does stretch the imagination to see Tyrone Power as an Indian doctor, but he has the charisma - and a chemistry with Loy - to just about pull it off. Bruce is having some fun as the horse-loving peer and Maria Ouspenskaya is quite effective as the childless Maharani who must find a suitable heir to their now rather decimated Kingdom. The effects - particularly during the natural disaster scenes are pretty impressive, even now - contributing well to the sense of chaos and disaster and Alfred Newman's score tops it off nicely.
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Myrna Loy
Lady Edwina Esketh
Tyrone Power
Major Rama Safti
George Brent
Tom Ransome
Brenda Joyce
Fern Simon
Nigel Bruce
Lord Albert Esketh
Maria Ouspenskaya
Maharani
Joseph Schildkraut
Mr. Bannerjee
Mary Nash
Miss Mac Daid
Jane Darwell
Aunt Phoebe Smiley
Marjorie Rambeau
Mrs. Simon
Henry Travers
Rev. Homer Smiley
H.B. Warner
Maharajah
Laura Hope Crews
Lily Hoggett-Egburry
William Royle
Raschid Ali Khan
C. Montague Shaw
General Keith
Harry Hayden
Rev. Elmer Simon
Herbert Evans
Bates
Abner Biberman
John, the Baptist
William Edmunds
Mr. Das
Zebedy Colt
Boy Piano Player (uncredited)
Guy D'Ennery
Mr. Durga (uncredited)
Fern Emmett
Hindu Woman (uncredited)
Rosina Galli
Nurse (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
Doctor (uncredited)
Frank Lackteen
Engineer (uncredited)
Lal Chand Mehra
Jama Singh the Rajput Chant Singer (uncredited)
Rita Page
Esketh's Maid (uncredited)
George Regas
Rajput (uncredited)
Pedro Regas
Official (uncredited)
Clarence Brown
Director
Barbara McLean
Editor
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Philip Dunne
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