Baby, the Rain Must Fall

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Baby, the Rain Must Fall

1965,

1h 40m,

Drama

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60%

5 Reviews

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39%

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250+ Ratings

Henry Thomas (Steve McQueen), a singer and guitarist in a rock band, is on parole for a violent crime. Henry's wife, Georgette (Lee Remick), and daughter, Margaret Rose (Kimberly Block), travel to Texas to be with him as he attempts to repair his relationships and put his life back together. Kate Dawson, his overbearing foster mother, doesn't approve of Henry's musical aspirations and uses the terms of his parole to force him to comply with her wishes.

Elizabeth Sussex

Sight & Sound

Mar 31, 2020

There are difficulties about the plot, transitions that baffle in a way that a director as cogent as [Robert] Mulligan could never have intended.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

Nov 21, 2013

Foote's metaphors and psychological insights are so clearly delineated that there's little room for spontaneity, though the actors do what they can with the space they're given.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Dec 15, 2010

B-

This quiet rural melodrama, based on Horton Foote's stage play, features strong peformances from Steve McQueen, Don Murray and especially Lee Remick, but it is too understated and lacks narrative drive.

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Steve Crum

Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

Jun 8, 2006

3/5

Atmospheric Mulligan production with effective McQueen and Remick.

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

Jan 24, 2005

Moving drama about a troubled man.

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Rey W

Aug 28, 2017

Baby, the Rain Must Fall is an okay film. It is about a trouble-prone country singer and his estranged wife. Steve McQueen and Lee Remick give decent performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Robert Mulligan did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama.

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Synopsis

Henry Thomas (Steve McQueen), a singer and guitarist in a rock band, is on parole for a violent crime. Henry's wife, Georgette (Lee Remick), and daughter, Margaret Rose (Kimberly Block), travel to Texas to be with him as he attempts to repair his relationships and put his life back together. Kate Dawson, his overbearing foster mother, doesn't approve of Henry's musical aspirations and uses the terms of his parole to force him to comply with her wishes.

Director: Robert Mulligan
Producer: Alan J. Pakula
Screenwriter: Horton Foote
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia, Park Place Productions, Solar Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 15, 1965, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 40m

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