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A newly minted lawyer who's just passed the bar exam takes on a fraudulent insurance company in a multi-million dollar lawsuit.

During the Depression, a con-man promises rain to a desperate drought-ridden Kansas town and marriage to a local desperate spinster.

Based on the 1995 novel by John Grisham, the series follows a young lawyer, who finds himself trapped by the dangerous firm he's been hired by.

Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spell and to save the community from an unscrupulous businessman who stands to profit from the drought.

Traveling rainmaker Starbuck arrives at the drought-ridden Curry place, promising rain for the farm and perhaps a romance for 'spinster sister' Lizzie.

Chris and Jill discover a South American shrunken head with magical powers.

The story of a racetrack tout whose prayers could bring a dry or muddy racetrack, and how he learned to capitalize on those powers. Until the day he lost the power and bet the wrong way.

A documentary about an Aboriginal man living in Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia that maps out his ancestors' spiritual connection to the land and his family's continuing custodianship of it.

Small town family man Henry Latham decides to run for mayor on the issue of trash disposal. Incumbent Mayor Colton solved the problem so Henry develops a rain making device with disastrous results.

Elder Ikechukwu uses his superpower to repeatedly impede a group of wicked and avaricious elderly men. Recognizing the threat he poses, they concoct a scheme to eliminate him.

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film The Rainmaker (1997), and director Francis Ford Coppola's creative methods of getting great performances from his cast.

A man who is in charge of seeding clouds to bring rain to a parched district becomes obsessed with a traditional singer.

Rainmaking: superstition or supernatural skill? Tanzania has been suffering from persisting droughts, causing local people to question what's stopping the rain. Rainmakers, once renowned for their skills in bringing down rains, are no longer believed. Is there any link between these two realities and if so, which came first? Were the Rainmakers naives or con-men, or could they really possess a supernatural gift?

During our hero's leave-taking from home, he misses his train going East but easily grabs another going West and lands in a town that is badly in need of moisture. They are expecting a professional rainmaker and Lloyd, having appropriated his high hat and the professor's daughter en route, is acclaimed their benefactor as he steps from the train. He sets off the sky-rocket that is to produce rain, but it hits a snow cloud and the bathing-suit-clad populace is snowed under. Lloyd makes his escape after several comical experiences in a Pullman car in which he gets mixed up with an old maid's curling iron dangling from an upper berth.

Charlie wants to install a lawn sprinkler. He forgot to pay the water bill, and the hijinks ensue.

When Little Audrey wishes for the rain to go away and causes a devastating drought, she must appeal to the Rainmaker to make him relent.

In a town suffering from a water crisis, an amateur dancer with social phobia becomes unconscious of dehydration and is forced to face her fears to survive.

Heckyl and Jeckyl get their wish when they wish for no more rain forever. Then when a drought sets in they have to attempt to put things straight again.

A yearly ceremony among the Songhai people of Niger to invoke the spirits of the sky and of rain.

Two mischievous youngsters put the following sign over a hole in a board fence: 'Drop Nickel in Slot and See it Rain.' A farmer comes along, follows directions and is promptly showered by a hose in the hands of the youngsters.

A questionable police officer Noah Washington, must hunt down a local gang member David Ruiz after he escapes from prison; In the process he kills David's daughter Nina, and now must avenge the death of his own daughter after David seeks revenge.