The Rainmaker

Movie info

Synopsis

Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon), an inexperienced Memphis lawyer, and his legal sidekick, Deck Schifflet (Danny DeVito), defend a leukaemia victim against an insurance company and its hotshot lawyer Leo Drummond (Jon Voight). Along the way Rudy befriends an abused woman (Claire Danes), helping her escape her husband (Andrew Shue). The courtroom scenes between Damon and Voight are the highlight of this legal yarn as Rudy learns the tough price of being a good lawyer.

Movie info:

Release:

1998

Running Time:

135 min

Certificate:

Suitable only for 15 years and over

Availability:

• Watch online: Unavailable
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Genre:

• Drama
• , 
• Thriller

Cast:

• Jon Voight
• Claire Danes
• Matt Damon
• Danny DeVito

Director:

• Francis Ford Coppola

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