A Hatful of Rain

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A Hatful of Rain
A Hatful of Rain movie poster
Directed by	Fred Zinnemann
Produced by	Buddy Adler
Written by	Michael V. Gazzo (play and screenplay) Alfred Hayes Carl Foreman
Starring	Don Murray Eva Marie Saint Anthony Franciosa Lloyd Nolan
Music by	Bernard Herrmann
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date(s)	July 17, 1957 (U.S. release)
Running time	109 min
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

A Hatful of Rain is a 1957 dramatic film. It stars Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan and Henry Silva.

The movie was adapted by Michael V. Gazzo, Alfred Hayes and Carl Foreman from the play by Gazzo. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann and features a strong musical score by Bernard Herrmann. Herrmann was asked by Fox to rescore his prelude for the film as the original was considered "too terrifying".

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Anthony Franciosa).

The movie was a rarity for its time in its frank depiction of the impact of drug addiction. The setting is a housing project apartment. Johnny Pope is a soldier who returns from the Korean war, where a stay in a military hospital has left him secretly addicted to morphine. His emotional distance (and his tendency to stay out all night) alienate him from the apartment's other residents: Johnny's pregnant wife Celia, and his brother Polo. Celia is convinced that Johnny is having an affair, but of course the truth is far worse. Johnny and Polo's father John Sr. arrives in town and stays with them in the small apartment, further complicating a tense situation and leading to a dynamic and dramatic climax.

This was William Hickey's film debut.

Carl Foreman was blacklisted at the time of the film's release. The Writer's Guild of America added his name to the film's credits in 1998-- 14 years after his death.

[edit] External links

A Hatful of Rain at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Films directed by Fred Zinnemann

1930s	Menschen am Sonntag • Redes • Friend Indeed • They Live Again • Tracking the Sleeping Death • That Mothers Might Live • The Story of Doctor Carver • Weather Wizards • While America Sleeps • Help Wanted • One Against the World • The Ash Can Fleet • Forgotten Victory

1940s	Stuffie • The Great Meddler • The Old South • A Way in the Wilderness • Forbidden Passage • Your Last Act • The Greenie • The Lady or the Tiger? • Kid Glove Killer • Eyes in the Night • The Seventh Cross • Little Mister Jim • My Brother Talks to Horses • The Search • Act of Violence

1950s	The Men • Benjy • Teresa • High Noon • The Member of the Wedding • From Here to Eternity • Oklahoma! • A Hatful of Rain • The Old Man and the Sea (uncredited) • The Nun's Story

1960s	The Sundowners • Behold a Pale Horse • A Man for All Seasons

1970s	The Day of the Jackal • Julia

1980s	Five Days One Summer