1982 filmed theatrical production of the N. Richard Nash play The Rainmaker, directed by John Frankenheimer. Broadcast on HBO. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Tuesday Weld, James Cromwell and William Katt. The Rainmaker had previously been made into a theatrical film in 1956, starring Katherine Hepburn and Burt Lancaster.

The play is set in a drought-ridden rural town during the Depression. The Curry family’s farm is languishing from the drought. Lizzie Curry (Tuesday Weld), the family’s only daughter, has no marriage prospects and is considered a /”spinster./” One day, a con man named Starbuck (Tommy Lee Jones) arrives at their farm and promises he can bring rain in exchange for 100. He and Lizzie have a romance, and she begins to see herself in a new way.

Tuesday Weld was nominated for a Cable ACE award for Best Actress in a Theatrical or Non-Musical Program, Frankheimer was nominated for Best Director.

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