Underplayed Gems

Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)

Who'll Stop the Rain poster
Directed by
Karel Reisz
Genre
drama film, action film, war film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 06m
Rated
R
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 75 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Vietnam War veteran gets involved in smuggling heroin from Vietnam into the United States. His old friend and the friend's wife get caught up in the dangerous deal as well.

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What happens

Who'll Stop the Rain is a 1978 American neo-noir thriller crime drama film directed by Karel Reisz and starring Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, and Anthony Zerbe. It was released by United Artists and produced by Herb Jaffe and Gabriel Katzka with Sheldon Schrager and Roger Spottiswoode as executive producers. The screenplay is by Judith Rascoe and Robert Stone, based on Stone's novel Dog Soldiers (1974), the music score by Laurence Rosenthal, and the cinematography by Richard H. Kline. The movie was entered in the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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