
The Rainmaker
Drama
Overview
The story of a racetrack tout whose prayers could bring a dry or muddy racetrack, and how he learned to capitalize on those powers. Until the day he lost the power and bet the wrong way.
Top Cast


Georgia Hale
Georgia Hale
Nell Wendell
Georgia Hale
Nell Wendell


William Collier Jr.
William Collier Jr.
Bobby Robertson
William Collier Jr.
Bobby Robertson


Ernest Torrence
Ernest Torrence
Mike
Ernest Torrence
Mike


Brandon Hurst
Brandon Hurst
Doyle
Brandon Hurst
Doyle


Joseph J. Dowling
Joseph J. Dowling
Father Murphy (as Joseph Dowling)
Joseph J. Dowling
Father Murphy (as Joseph Dowling)


Tom Wilson
Tom Wilson
Chocolate
Tom Wilson
Chocolate


Martha Mattox
Martha Mattox
Head Nurse
Martha Mattox
Head Nurse


Charles K. French
Charles K. French
Hospital Doctor
Charles K. French
Hospital Doctor


Jack Richardson
Jack Richardson
Western Doctor
Jack Richardson
Western Doctor


Melbourne MacDowell
Melbourne MacDowell
Bennson
Melbourne MacDowell
Bennson
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