Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)

Director:

Robert Mulligan

Writers:

Horton Foote (screenplay) and
Horton Foote (play)

Release Date:

15 January 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The more he gets into trouble, the more he gets under her skin!

Plot:

Henry Thomas is out on parole in a small Texan town and, in the evenings, he is the lead singer in a band...

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Homecoming | Mother Daughter Relationship | Planting A Tree | Death

Cast

Steve McQueen	...	Henry Thomas
Lee Remick	...	Georgette Thomas
Don Murray	...	Deputy Sheriff Slim
Paul Fix	...	Judge Ewing
Josephine Hutchinson	...	Mrs. Ewing
Ruth White	...	Miss Clara
Charles Watts	...	Mr. Tillman
Carol Veazie	...	Mrs. Tillman
Estelle Hemsley	...	Catherine, Miss Kate Dawson's Housekeeper
Kimberly Block	...	Margaret Rose Thomas
Zamah Cunningham	...	Mrs. T.V. Smith, Old Lady on Bus
George Dunn	...	Counterman at Restaurant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Horvath
Wallace Schlemmer	...	Horse Boss Guarding Prisoners
Georgia Simmons	...	Miss Kate
Glen Campbell	...	Band Member (uncredited)
John Daheim	...	Tough Patron (uncredited)
Roy Jenson	...	Tough Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Mulligan

Writing credits
Horton Foote		(screenplay)
Horton Foote		play "The Travelling Lady"

Produced by
Alan J. Pakula	....	producer

Original Music by
Elmer Bernstein

Cinematography by
Ernest Laszlo

Film Editing by
Aaron Stell

Art Direction by
Roland Anderson

Camera and Electrical Department
Albert Bettcher	....	first assistant camera

Music Department
Robert Bain	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)
Jack Hayes	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Vance Jonson	....	title designer
Lou Dyer	....	unit publicist (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Solar Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1965) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures Corporation (1965) (UK) (theatrical)
• Columbia Film-Verleih (1965) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1966) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1983) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1995) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan)
• GoodTimes Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (Included in the "Steve McQueen Box set")
• Columbia-Bavaria Filmgesellschaft m.b.H. (1965) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA)

Certification:

Sweden:15 | Spain:13 | Finland:K-16 (cut) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Bay City, Texas, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Horton Foote was a native of Wharton, Texas, where portions of this movie were filmed. The Texas premier of "Baby the Rain Must Fall" was held in Wharton on February 4, 1965 at the now-demolished Rio Theatre.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Near the end of the film, right after Slim seats Georgette and Margaret Rose in his car, he closes the door and the camera along with the head of the camera operator can be briefly glimpsed in the rear passenger-side window; then in the next shot, as Slim is backing the car out, the entire crew, as well as their equipment, can be seen reflected on the driver side of his car.

Quotes:

Georgette Thomas:[woken up from Henry's banging] Henry, what's the matter?
Henry Thomas:I dreamt I was back in the pen.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "What's My Line?: Episode dated 10 January 1965" (1965)

Soundtrack:

Baby, The Rain Must Fall

The existential struggle of a honky-tonk orphan for a home.

Beautiful textual telling of the search for recognition, family and a home by the master director Robert Mulligan, "To Kill A Mockingbird". Steve McQueen at his best with a brilliant supporting cast. A fitting and moving antithesis to the Disney formula.