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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)
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Add to a movie listThe 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.
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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)
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, 48minutesDirected by Fred Guiol
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Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
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