The Rainmakers (film)

The Rainmakers
Liberty Theater in New Orleans showing the film
Directed by	Fred Guiol
Screenplay by	Grant Garrett Leslie Goodwins
Story by	Albert Traynor Fred Guiol
Produced by	Associate producer Lee Marcus
Starring	Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Dorothy Lee
Cinematography	Ted McCord
Edited by	John Lockert
Music by	Roy Webb
Production company	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	October 25, 1935 (1935-10-25) [1]
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Rainmakers is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Fred Guiol from a screenplay by Grant Garrett and Leslie Goodwins, based on a story by Guiol and Albert Traynor. RKO Radio Pictures released the film on October 25, 1935, starring the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey (Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey) and Dorothy Lee.

Plot

Rainmakers Billy (Wheeler) and Roscoe (Woolsey) take on a crooked businessman out to cash in on a drought.

Cast

• Bert Wheeler as Billy
• Robert Woolsey as Roscoe
• Dorothy Lee as Margie Spencer
• Berton Churchill as Simon Parker
• George Meeker as Orville Parker
• Frederic Roland as Henry Spencer
• Edgar Dearing as Kelly

References

1. "The Rainmakers: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2014.

External links

• The Rainmakers at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• The Rainmakers at IMDb
• The Rainmakers at AllMovie
• The Rainmakers at the TCM Movie Database
• The Rainmakers at TV Guide (A version of this 1987 write-up was originally published in The Motion Picture Guide)