I need a name that’s as whole as the sky with the power of a man. During the Great Depression, a drought is wreaking havoc on a small, destitute Kansas town. Bill Starbuck (Burt Lancaster) a slick con artist arrives in town, promising he can make it rain in exchange for $100. His offer is accepted by H. C. Curry (Cameron Prudhomme), a rancher whose middle-aged spinster daughter Lizzie (Katharine Hepburn) is desperate for a suitor. Her brothers Noah (Lloyd Bridges) and Jim (Earl Holliman) are more concerned about her marital status than the state of their thirsty cattle. Lizzie finally finds confidence when Starbuck, ever the smooth talker, convinces her she’s beautiful but the Deputy Sheriff J.S. File (Wendell Corey) for whom she has an unrequited love discovers Starbuck’s true identity and purpose and arrives at the ranch to put him away … You don’t know what’s plain and what’s beautiful. A stagy adaptation by N. Richard Nash of his own play that really struggles to breathe until the last third when Hepburn comes into her own and blossoms under the gaze of antagonist Lancaster, who gives his barnstorming character a touch of magic. It would have been better if Bridges’ role had been bigger as the meaner, more pragmatic brother but Holliman is really fun as the younger supportive one. It’s a studio-bound production which doesn’t even attempt realism but the photography by Charles Lang is rather lovely and the twist ending gives it a nice sendoff. Worth seeing purely for the starry performances. Directed by Joseph Anthony. Is it me? Is it really me?
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I’ve just read this before sitting down to watch The Apartment. Very enjoyable, as always. I’ll look forward to more of the same next year.