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Miracle in the Rain (1956)

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Miracle in the Rain (1956)

Miracle in the Rain (1956)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 5400 kbps | 5.1Gb
Audio: English AC3 1.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
01:47:00 | USA | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A fanciful, O. Henryesque tale set in New York City during World War II. A shy, lonely woman and a dashing soldier from Tennessee meet in the rain late one afternoon, and end up falling in love. But Fate threatens to come between them.

Miracle in the Rain (1956)


Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Peggie Castle, Fred Clark, Eileen Heckart, Josephine Hutchinson, William Gargan, Marcel Dalio, George Givot, Barbara Nichols, Halliwell Hobbes, Paul Picerni, Alan King, Irene Seidner, Arte Johnson, Marian Holmes, Minerva Urecal, Rose Allen, Chalo Alvarado, Roxanne Arlen, Malcolm Atterbury, James Conaty, John Connoughton, Diana Dawson, Anna Dewey, Darlene Fields, Harry Harvey Jr., Charles Anthony Hughes, Walter Kingson, Jess Kirkpatrick

Miracle in the Rain (1956)

Miracle in the Rain (1956)


Extras:
- Two vintage "Behind the Cameras" segments from the Warner Bros. Presents TV series (05:35 min / 05:29 min [no subs])
- Original theatrical trailer (02:45 min)

IMDb

Reminiscent of the wonderful "The Clock" (see reviews), this wartime romance was made eleven years after the was over, somewhat oddly to me. But, based upon the ending, there was absolutely no way it could have been made during the war. The reasons should be obvious.

Van Johnson is his usual charming self and Wyman rather diffident at first. But they fall deeply in love, and spend much time on their plans for the future when he returns from overseas - and how poignant that turned out to be.

It is no spoiler to say that Wyman's character is completely distraught towards the end of the movie, and the "miracle", on the steps of St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, does give her some hope. But it remains the saddest movie I had seen since "Waterloo Bridge" (see reviews). But such was life after a World War and hundreds of thousands of dead Americans.

Don't forget this was written (and very well) by the famous journalist, writer, and screenwriter, Ben Hecht, who first gave us "The Front Page".

If you don't mind using your hankie, watch "Miracle in the Rain". It's a wonderful movie.
~ Kirasjeri

Miracle in the Rain (1956)

Miracle in the Rain (1956)