The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

7.0IMDb Score
Released:1997-11-18
Duration:135 min
Director:Francis Ford Coppola
Actors:Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Danny DeVito, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place
Production:Douglas/Reuther Productions, American Zoetrope, Constellation Films

Overview:

Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.

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