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The Rains Came (1939)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 |
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Maria Ouspenskaya | ... |
Maharani
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Mr. Bannerjee
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Mary Nash | ... |
Miss MacDaid
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Aunt Phoebe (Mrs. Smiley)
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Marjorie Rambeau | ... |
Mrs. Simon
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Henry Travers | ... |
Rev. Homer Smiley
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H.B. Warner | ... |
Maharajah
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Laura Hope Crews | ... |
Lily Hoggett-Egburry
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William Royle | ... |
Raschid Ali Khan
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C. Montague Shaw | ... |
Gen. Keith
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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. 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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EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Nacht über Indien See more »Box Office
Budget:
$2,600,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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after it appears, as if it were washed away by the rain falling in the
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(1744)
Music attributed to Henry Carey
In the score when Queen Victoria's statue is shown See more »
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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...See more »
Crazy Credits
Each set of credits (except for the 20th Century-Fox logo) disintegratesafter it appears, as if it were washed away by the rain falling in the
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Soundtracks
"God Save the King!"(1744)
Music attributed to Henry Carey
In the score when Queen Victoria's statue is shown See more »
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