The Rains Came

5.8(24)19391h 44m

DramaRomanceAdventure

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.

Director

Clarence Brown

Budget

$2.5M

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Cast

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

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

7.0

This is a classy adaptation of Lewis Bromfield's tale of the Raj. When the unhappily married "Lady Edwina" (Myrna Loy) and her rather indifferent, pompous, husband "Lord Hesketh" (Nigel Bruce) arrive in the Indian state of "Ranchipur", she meets up with her old friend "Ransome" (George Bent) who arrived many years earlier to paint the portrait of the Maharajah. Even though he's a bit of a rake, th...