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Cast

James Caan profile

James Caan

Jimmy Kilgannon

Shirley Knight profile

Shirley Knight

Natalie Ravenna

Tom Aldredge profile

Tom Aldredge

Mr. Alfred

Robert Modica profile

Robert Modica

Vinny Ravenna

Garrett Cassell profile

Garrett Cassell

Farmer (uncredited)

Eleanor Coppola profile

Eleanor Coppola

Gordon's Wife (uncredited)

Details

Status

Released

Original language

en

Countries

US

Budget

$750,000

Reviews

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A review by Wuchak 7

September 21, 2024

Coppola's mundane and melancholy late ’60’s arthouse road movie

A 30-ish wife on Long Island (Shirley Knight) needs to just get away and so enters her station wagon and drives west. To where? She doesn’t know, but she picks up an ex-college football player (James Caan) before meeting a motorcycle cop (Robert Duvall).

“The Rain People” (1969) was made three years before Francis Ford Coppola became famous with “The Godfather.” It was his first movie ...

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