Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!
Burt Lancaster
as Bill Starbuck
Katharine Hepburn
as Lizzie Curry
Wendell Corey
as Deputy Sheriff J.S. File
Lloyd Bridges
as Noah Curry
Earl Holliman
as Jim Curry
Cameron Prud'Homme
as H.C. Curry
Wallace Ford
as Sheriff Howard Thomas
Yvonne Lime
as Snookie Maguire
Jack Kenny
as Townsman
