It Rained All Night the Day I Left | |
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Directed by | Nicolas Gessner |
Written by | Ted Allan Pierre Pelegri Richard Winckler |
Produced by | Claude Giroux Claude Léger Shlomo Mugrabi |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Richard Ciupka |
Edited by | Yves Langlois |
Music by | Alain Leroux |
Production companies | Les Films Caneuram C.O.F.C.I. Israfilm |
Distributed by | Gaumont Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Countries | Canada France Israel |
Language | English |
It Rained All Night the Day I Left is a comedy film made in 1978 but not theatrically released until 1980. [1] Directed by Nicolas Gessner, the film was a co-production of film studios from Canada, France and Israel. [2]
The film stars Tony Curtis and Louis Gossett Jr. as two gun-runners making a trip through the desert to transport guns for The Colonel (Sally Kellerman). The film's cast also includes John Vernon and Lisa Langlois.
The film was released theatrically in Europe, both in its original English and in a dubbed French version titled Deux affreux sur le sable. [2] It received no theatrical release in North America; it premiered as a television film on CTV and The Movie Channel on August 23, 1982. [2]
Gossett's role had originally been slated to be performed by Billy Dee Williams. [3]
Kellerman later dismissed her performance in the film, telling the press that "I always say that I was solidly mediocre and everybody else stunk." [4]
The film garnered four Genie Award nominations at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980: [5]
It did not win any of the awards.
Sally Clare Kellerman was an American actress whose acting career spanned 60 years. Her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's film M*A*S*H (1970) earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. After M*A*S*H, she appeared in a number of the director's projects, namely the films Brewster McCloud (1970), Welcome to L.A. (1976), The Player (1992), and Prêt-à-Porter (1994), and the short-lived anthology TV series Gun (1997). In addition to her work with Altman, Kellerman appeared in films such as Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972), Back to School (1986), plus many television series such as The Twilight Zone (1963), The Outer Limits, Star Trek (1966), Bonanza, The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman (2006), 90210 (2008), Chemistry (2011), and Maron (2013). She also voiced Miss Finch in Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985), which went on to become one of her most significant voice roles.
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