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Writers:
Louis Bromfield (novel)
Merle Miller (writer)
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Release Date:
14 December 1955 (USA) more
Tagline:
Theirs was the great sin that even the great rains could not wash away!
Plot:
India. The spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. She falls in love with an indian doctor... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
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Tiresome story rehashed again...only worthwhile for the spectacular "rains"... more (11 total)

Cast

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Lana Turner ... Lady Edwina Esketh

Richard Burton ... Dr. Major Rama Safti

Fred MacMurray ... Thomas "Tom" Ransome
Joan Caulfield ... Fern Simon
Michael Rennie ... Lord Albert Esketh
Eugenie Leontovich ... Maharani
Gladys Hurlbut ... Mrs. Simon
Madge Kennedy ... Mrs. Smiley
Carlo Rizzo ... Mr. Adoani
Beatrice Kraft ... Oriental Dancer
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Runtime:
104 min
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2.55 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording)
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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Tiresome story rehashed again...only worthwhile for the spectacular "rains"..., 26 August 2006
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Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

If you think watching LANA TURNER's attraction to the first man in a turban she's ever seen (RICHARD BURTON) is slightly humorous, wait till you see and hear FRED MacMURRAY and JOAN CAULFIELD reciting some dreary, sappy dialogue as the second lead love interests in another re-working of Luis Bromfield's tale about passion among some folk in India.

It's a tale that doesn't get any better in this more lavish remake of "The Rains Came". The story is the kind that you follow only to wish impatiently that the floods will arrive to make your patience with the acting, direction and script worthwhile.

Lana, of course, is a dream in Technicolored outfits, as a spoiled rich woman who dislikes her husband (MICHAEL RENNIE) because she suspects he only married her for her wealth. She therefore feels compelled to cheat on him with the first handsome man she spots after their arrival in India. It's typical Lana material and she does it so convincingly that you almost forgive her for some of the things she says and does.

The climax is well staged and worth a view, especially as seen on the wide screen in all of its CinemaScope glory. But getting there is a tiresome thing indeed.

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