Movie: The Rainmakers

Top 10 Billed Cast

Bert Wheeler
Bert Wheeler

Billy

Robert Woolsey
Robert Woolsey

Roscoe Horne

Dorothy Lee
Dorothy Lee

Margie Spencer

Berton Churchill
Berton Churchill

Simon Parker

George Meeker
George Meeker

Orville Parker

Frederick Roland
Frederick Roland

Henry Spencer

Clarence Wilson
Clarence Wilson

Dennis P. Hogan

Edgar Dearing
Edgar Dearing

Kelly

Harry Bernard
Harry Bernard

Fireman

Billy Bletcher
Billy Bletcher

Townsman

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    Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spell and to save the community from an unscrupulous businessman who stands to profit from the drought

  • Release Date

    1935-10-25

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    6

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    English
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