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Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)

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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

Horton Foote

Mar 16, 2004

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All Critics (8) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (0) | DVD (7)

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 | Comment

Atmospheric Mulligan production with effective McQueen and Remick.

June 8, 2006 Comment
Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

Moving drama about a troubled man.

January 24, 2005 Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television | Comment
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
Reel.com
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Audience Reviews for Baby the Rain Must Fall

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
jjnxn
jay nixon

Super Reviewer

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
michaelcorleone

Super Reviewer

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