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The Rains Came (1939)

TV_G 103 min  -  Adventure | Drama | Romance  -   15 September 1939 (USA)
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An Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur... See full summary »

Director:

Clarence Brown

Writers:

Philip Dunne (screenplay), Julien Josephson (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Myrna Loy ...
Tyrone Power ...
George Brent George Brent ...
Brenda Joyce Brenda Joyce ...
Nigel Bruce Nigel Bruce ...
Maria Ouspenskaya Maria Ouspenskaya ...
Maharani
Joseph Schildkraut ...
Mr. Bannerjee
Mary Nash Mary Nash ...
Miss MacDaid
Jane Darwell ...
Aunt Phoebe (Mrs. Smiley)
Marjorie Rambeau Marjorie Rambeau ...
Mrs. Simon
Henry Travers Henry Travers ...
Rev. Homer Smiley
H.B. Warner H.B. Warner ...
Maharajah
Laura Hope Crews Laura Hope Crews ...
Lily Hoggett-Egburry
William Royle William Royle ...
Raschid Ali Khan
C. Montague Shaw C. Montague Shaw ...
Gen. Keith (as Montague Shaw)
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Storyline

An 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 Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by plague, earthquakes and flooding. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>  

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Plot Keywords:

India | Plague | Earthquake | Disaster | Rain  | See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Romance

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Nacht über Indien See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$2,600,000 (estimated)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | (copyright length)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

During filming in 1937, Myrna Loy had a narrow escape when her horse bolted while shooting a scene; she was nearly killed. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Even though Rama and Lady Edwima are caught in the same thundershower on the same street, when they arrive at Mr. Das' music school, his clothes are wet while hers are amazingly dry. Also's the wet spots on Rama's clothes migrate to different areas from scene to scene as they move from room to room in the school. See more »

Quotes

Thomas 'Tom' Ransome: [Describing Ranchipur to Lady Edwina Esketh] See, in Ranchipur, the important things in life are the elemental things, such as crops, starvation, and weather. In Europe, when someone says "It looks like rain," in all probability, he's trying to make polite conversation. But here, where people die as easily as they're born...
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Crazy Credits

Each set of credits (except for the 20th Century-Fox logo) disintegrates
after it appears, as if it were washed away by the rain falling in the
background. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Way Back When Women Had Their Weigh (1940) See more »

Soundtracks

"God Save the King!"
(1744)
Music attributed to Henry Carey
In the score when Queen Victoria's statue is shown See more »