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The Rains Came

5.9

Released September 15, 1939Runtime 1h 44min

Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Adventure

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $2,500,000
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

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Cast

Myrna LoyLady Edwina Esketh

Tyrone PowerMajor Rama Safti

George BrentTom Ransome

Brenda JoyceFern Simon

Nigel BruceLord Albert Esketh

Maria OuspenskayaMaharani

Joseph SchildkrautMr. Bannerjee

Mary NashMiss Mac Daid

Jane DarwellAunt Phoebe Smiley

Marjorie RambeauMrs. Simon

Henry TraversRev. Homer Smiley

H.B. WarnerMaharajah

Laura Hope CrewsLily Hoggett-Egburry

William RoyleRaschid Ali Khan

C. Montague ShawGeneral Keith

Harry HaydenRev. Elmer Simon

Herbert EvansBates

Abner BibermanJohn, the Baptist

Mara AlexanderMrs. Bannerjee

William EdmundsMr. Das

Eddie AbdoSoldier (uncredited)

Zebedy ColtBoy Piano Player (uncredited)

Guy D'EnneryMr. Durga (uncredited)

Dominie DuvalGirl (uncredited)

Fern EmmettHindu Woman (uncredited)

Rosina GalliNurse (uncredited)

Sam HarrisOfficer (uncredited)

Jamiel HassonAide-de-Camp (uncredited)

Leyland HodgsonDoctor (uncredited)

Adele LabansetPrincess (uncredited)

Frank LackteenEngineer (uncredited)

Connie LeonNurse (uncredited)

Lal Chand MehraJama Singh the Rajput Chant Singer (uncredited)

Rita PageEsketh's Maid (uncredited)

George RegasRajput (uncredited)

Pedro RegasOfficial (uncredited)

Crew

Clarence BrownDirector

Philip DunneScreenplay

Julien JosephsonScreenplay

Louis BromfieldNovel

Darryl F. ZanuckProducer

Arthur C. MillerDirector of Photography

Barbara McLeanEditor

William S. DarlingArt Direction

George DudleyArt Direction

Thomas LittleSet Decoration

Gwen WakelingCostume Design

Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer

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Reviews

This is a classy adaptation of Lewis Bromfield's tale of the Raj. When the unhappily married "Lady Edwina" (Myrna Loy) and her rather indifferent, pompous, husband "Lord Hesketh" (Nigel Bruce) arrive in the Indian state of "Ranchipur", she meets up with her old friend "Ransome" (George Bent) who ar...