Top billed cast

1. 

   James Caan

   Jimmy Kilgannon

2. 

   Shirley Knight

   Natalie Ravenna

3. 

   Robert Duvall

   Gordon

4. 

   Marya Zimmet

   Rosalie

5. 

   Tom Aldredge

   Mr. Alfred

6. 

   Laurie Crews

   Ellen

7. 

   Andrew Duncan

   Artie

8. 

   Margaret Fairchild

   Marion

9. 

   Sally Gracie

   Beth

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2024-09-21

**_Coppola's mundane and melancholy late ’60’s arthouse road movie_**

A 30-ish wife on Long Island (Shirley Knight) needs to just get away and so enters her station wagon and drives west. To where? She doesn’t know, but she picks up an ex-college football player (James Caan) before meeting a motorcycle cop (Robert Duvall).

“The Rain People” (1969) was made three years before Francis Ford Coppola became famous with “The Godfather.” It was his first movie in which he had total creative control, writing and directing on the road without producers breathing down his neck. The ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$750,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• runaway
• housewife
• hitchhiker
• pregnant woman
• road movie