The Rains Came
Directed by Clarence Brown
Produced by 20th Century Fox
A 1939 disaster drama where personal conflicts dissolve in the face of catastrophe, as a dedicated doctor and conflicted aristocrats unite against earthquake, flood, and plague in colonial India.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Myrna Loy
Lady Edwina Esketh
Tyrone Power
Major Rama Safti
George Brent
Tom Ransome
Brenda Joyce
Fern Simon
Nigel Bruce
Lord Albert Esketh
Maria Ouspenskaya
Maharani
Joseph Schildkraut
Mr. Bannerjee
Mary Nash
Miss Mac Daid
Jane Darwell
Aunt Phoebe Smiley
Marjorie Rambeau
Mrs. Simon
Henry Travers
Rev. Homer Smiley
H.B. Warner
Maharajah
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