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The Rainmakers is a american film of genre Drama directed by Fred Guiol released in USA on 25 october 1935 with Bert Wheeler

The Rainmakers (1935)

The Rainmakers
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Released in USA 25 october 1935
Length 1h19
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Musical,    Romance
Rating59% 2.957032.957032.957032.957032.95703

The Rainmakers is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Fred Guiol from a screenplay by Grant Garrett and Leslie Goodwins, based on a story by Guiol and Albert Traynor. RKO Radio Pictures released the film on October 25, 1935, starring the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey (Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey) and Dorothy Lee.

Synopsis

Rainmakers Billy (Wheeler) and Roscoe (Woolsey) take on a crooked businessman out to cash in on a drought.

Actors

Bert Wheeler

(Billy)Robert Woolsey

(Roscoe Horne)Dorothy Lee

(Margie Spencer)Berton Churchill

(Simon Parker)George Meeker

(Orville Parker)
And :
Clarence Wilson
Edgar Dearing
Billy Bletcher
Eddie Borden
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