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A Hatful of Rain is a 1957 American drama film about a young married man with a secret morphine addiction, based on a 1955 Broadway play of the same name. It is a medically and sociologically accurate account of the effects of morphine on an addict and his family. The frank depiction of drug addiction in a feature film was a rarity for its time.
- $1,820,000
- Buddy Adler
A Hatful of Rain: Directed by Fred Zinnemann. With Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan. A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
- (1.5K)
- Fred Zinnemann
- Not Rated
Synopsis. When John Pope, Sr., the opinionated, bellicose patriarch of the Pope family, comes to New York to visit his sons Polo and Johnny in their Lower East Side housing project, he finds Johnny, his favorite, jumpy and overwrought, and bitterly voices his disappointment that Polo, his younger son, is working as a bouncer in a cocktail lounge.
- Fred Zinnemann, Ben Kadish
- Eva Marie Saint
Mar 30, 2022. Rated: B- • Jun 3, 2012. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Based on the play by Michael V. Gazzo, this screen drama focuses on Johnny Pope (Don Murray), a Korean War...
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- Fred Zinnemann
- Drama
- Eva Marie Saint
Summaries. A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family. War veteran Johnny Pope, his wife of four years Celia Pope, who is pregnant with their first child, and Johnny's younger brother Polo Pope live together in a working class existence in the inner city of New York.
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