Baby, the Rain Must Fall

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j F A slow, sad movie, with powerful acting by Remick and McQueen Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/12/24 Full Review nick s There was a spell in the middle of this movie when I wondered where the plot was going. And there was a bit of adr mismatch here and there. But overall a well paced and compelling drama. Never quite sure where the story was headed. You have to be up for a bit of a slow burn though. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/24 Full Review wilbur k I love Lee Remick. Steve McQueen turns in a powerful performance. Cool Hand Luke came out a couple years later. Right now, I'm watching Wild River (1960) with Remick and Montgomery Clift. I think the 60s was a decade of "questioning"; of self-reflection and struggle against conventional forces that seemed to want crush one's humanity. It was also a time of wandering - in that search of self. The theme song, beckoned me as a young man in those days - to wander: Baby the Rain Must Fall with lyrics that went something like - "Where ever my heart leads me, baby I must go". I suppose it's not an easy movie to like - unless it speaks to you. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member While the first few films on the Mill Creek Through the Decades: 1960s Collection were light comedy, this one made me sit up and pay attention to its rough drama. Based on the 1954 play The Traveling Lady, which was also written by this movie's director and writer Horton Foote (To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies). Georgette Thomas (Lee Remick) has brought her six-year-old daughter Margaret Rose to meet her husband Henry Thomas (Steve McQueen). He's never met her and may not even have known that she exists, as all he cares about is being a singer. He's spent. the last few years in jail after stabbing a man and has been working for Kate Dawson, the woman who raised him — and beat him repeatedly — after his parents died. Her abuse has broken him, as the night after her death, he steals her silver, wrecks his car into the cemetery gates and howls into the night as he stabs her grave, all while his wife watches from the shadows. Obviously, Henry is no father. But it takes Georgette the entire film to realize that she has to get her daughter away from him if they ever want to live a peaceful life. Shot on location in Columbus, Texas, this is a dusty and dark exploration of love not being enough. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review delysid d its a pretty good movie but one of steve's more tough ones to watch Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/17/20 Full Review ashley h Baby, the Rain Must Fall is an okay film. It is about a trouble-prone country singer and his estranged wife. Steve McQueen and Lee Remick give decent performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Robert Mulligan did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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