Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)

R  |   |  Action, Crime, Drama  |  8 September 1978 (West Germany)
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Vietnam veteran Ray Hicks gets conned into helping his buddy John Converse smuggle some heroin, only to wind up on the lam with John's wife when the deal goes sour.

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Antheil
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Danskin
Ray Sharkey ...
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Charmian
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Eddie Peace
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Bender
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Angel (as Joaquin Martinez)
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Timothy Blake ...
Jody
Shelby Balik ...
Janey
Jean Howell ...
Edna
José Carlos Ruiz ...
Galindez (as Jose Carlos Ruiz)
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Vietnam veteran Ray Hicks gets conned into helping his buddy John Converse smuggle some heroin, only to wind up on the lam with John's wife when the deal goes sour. Written by Alan Sepinwall <sepinwal@mail.sas.upenn.edu>

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Try to rip him off and he'll rip you apart! See more »


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Dog Soldiers  »

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The movie's "Who'll Stop the Rain" title refers to the name of a song featured in the film. The song was written by John Fogerty and performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival and was first released in 1970. It was already a well-know contemporary classic. See more »

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John Converse: I've been waiting my whole life to screw up this badly.
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I'LL STEP DOWN
Performed by Slim Whitman
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Easily the best Nick Nolte performance
3 July 2004 | by (San Francisco, California) – See all my reviews

This is a small masterpiece and perhaps the best film to come out of the whole Vietnam War experience, perfectly reflecting the drug-addled, hyper-cynical and soulless days at the end of the 60's, when we all realized that it wasn't going to be alright.

If you like Nolte, you must see this. If you loath Nolte to the very depth of your being, you need to see it even more. His energy here would fill a dozen lesser films - only the remarkable supporting cast keeps him from single-handedly burning the movie down.

A huge number of American films from this period are massively overrated. Not this one.


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