DramaRomanceAdventure

The Rains Came

Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken artist ex-lover Tom Ransome get in the way, but everyone shapes up when faced by earthquake, flooding, and plague.

Release Date : 1939-09-15

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Lady Edwina Esketh

Original Name : Myrna Loy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Major Rama Safti

Original Name : Tyrone Power

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tom Ransome

Original Name : George Brent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fern Simon

Original Name : Brenda Joyce

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lord Albert Esketh

Original Name : Nigel Bruce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maharani

Original Name : Maria Ouspenskaya

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Bannerjee

Original Name : Joseph Schildkraut

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Mac Daid

Original Name : Mary Nash

Gender : Female

Character Name : Aunt Phoebe Smiley

Original Name : Jane Darwell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Simon

Original Name : Marjorie Rambeau

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rev. Homer Smiley

Original Name : Henry Travers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maharajah

Original Name : H.B. Warner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lily Hoggett-Egburry

Original Name : Laura Hope Crews

Gender : Female

Character Name : Raschid Ali Khan

Original Name : William Royle

Gender : Male

Character Name : General Keith

Original Name : C. Montague Shaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rev. Elmer Simon

Original Name : Harry Hayden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bates

Original Name : Herbert Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : John, the Baptist

Original Name : Abner Biberman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Bannerjee

Original Name : Mara Alexander

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Das

Original Name : William Edmunds

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Eddie Abdo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy Piano Player (uncredited)

Original Name : Zebedy Colt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Durga (uncredited)

Original Name : Guy D'Ennery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl (uncredited)

Original Name : Dominie Duval

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hindu Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Fern Emmett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Rosina Galli

Gender : Female

Character Name : Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aide-de-Camp (uncredited)

Original Name : Jamiel Hasson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor (uncredited)

Original Name : Leyland Hodgson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Princess (uncredited)

Original Name : Adele Labanset

Gender : Male

Character Name : Engineer (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Lackteen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Connie Leon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jama Singh the Rajput Chant Singer (uncredited)

Original Name : Lal Chand Mehra

Gender : Male

Character Name : Esketh's Maid (uncredited)

Original Name : Rita Page

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rajput (uncredited)

Original Name : George Regas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Official (uncredited)

Original Name : Pedro Regas

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-05-25

This is a classy adaptation of Lewis Bromfield's tale of the Raj. When the unhappily married "Lady Edwina" (Myrna Loy) and her rather indifferent, pompous, husband "Lord Hesketh" (Nigel Bruce) arrive in the Indian state of "Ranchipur", she meets up with her old friend "Ransome" (George Bent) who arrived many years earlier to paint the portrait of the Maharajah. Even though he's a bit of a rake, the bored "Lady Edwina" enjoys his company away from her disinterested husband - until, that is, she alights on local doctor "Maj. Rama Safti" (Tyrone Power). Now he's a character of some integrity and isn't an obvious choice to accede to her charms, but when an earthquake followed by the monsoon strikes the country, it's all hands to the pump and the two begin to bond for real. None of the characters in this film are who they appear to be, and that's what keeps it interesting. It does stretch the imagination to see Tyrone Power as an Indian doctor, but he has the charisma - and a chemistry with Loy - to just about pull it off. Bruce is having some fun as the horse-loving peer and Maria Ouspenskaya is quite effective as the childless Maharani who must find a suitable heir to their now rather decimated Kingdom. The effects - particularly during the natural disaster scenes are pretty impressive, even now - contributing well to the sense of chaos and disaster and Alfred Newman's score tops it off nicely.