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Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1965 Wide

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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

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Drama, Classics

Directed By: Robert Mulligan

Written By: Horton Foote

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1965 Wide

On DVD: Mar 16, 2004

Cast

Lee Remick
Georgette Thomas
Steve McQueen
Henry Thomas
Don Murray
Slim
Paul Fix
Judge Ewing
Josephine Hutchinson
Mrs. Ewing
Ruth White
Miss Clara
Charles Watts
Mr. Tillman
Carol Veazie
Mrs. Tillman
Estelle Hemsley
Catherine
Zamah Cunningham
Mrs. T.V. Smith
George Dunn
Counterman
Glen Campbell
Uncredited
Kimberly Block

Critic Reviews for Baby the Rain Must Fall

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This quiet rural melodrama, based on Horton Foote's stage play, features strong peformances from Steve McQueen, Don Murray and especially Lee Remick, but it is too understated and lacks narrative drive.

December 15, 2010 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Atmospheric Mulligan production with effective McQueen and Remick.

June 8, 2006 Comment

Steve Crum

Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

Moving drama about a troubled man.

January 24, 2005 Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

McQueen's lip-synching in his singing sequences is brutal, and the fight choreography seems need to assure the audience that no actors were harmed in the making of this movie.

April 26, 2004 Comment

Sarah Chauncey

Reel.com

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Beautiful performances from Steve McQueen and especially Lee Remick highlight this rather sad rambling film of the type Hollywood doesn't make anymore. A small personal drama that explores the lives of regular people just struggling to make a place for themselves in the world. Nothing blows up, it's all about emotions

April 17, 2010

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There's plenty of potential beauty and pain in this story, but Horton Foote's screenplay doesn't bring it all out. The basis of the character study is very interesting, but the execution of it feels a little bit undernurtured. Despite the use of some shabby lip-synching to cover up the leading man's inability to carry

June 10, 2007