Vietnam veteran ray hicks gets conned into helping his buddy john converse smuggle some heroin, only to. It was released by united artists and produced by herb jaffe and gabriel katzka with sheldon schrager and roger spottiswoode as executive producers. Based on a bestseller by robert stone, the film was released in 1978, the same year as the oscarwinning the deer hunter and coming home. Nick nolte and tuesday weld in wholl stop the rain 1978 nick nolte in wholl. Wholl stop the rain 1978 original trailer hd 1080p. I said, karel, would you like to run the film yourself rather than me. To the credit of director karel reisz, wholl stop the rain is a tough uncompromising film that takes an honest look at its subject matter and doesnt back off.
Acting as johns gobetween is the equally burntout ray nick nolte, who delivers the narcotics stateside to the journalists wife, marge tuesday weld. The story concerns a journalist in vietnam, john coverse, michael moriarty who asks his merchant marine buddy, ray hicks, nick nolte to smuggle some heroin back to the states. The movie s wholl stop the rain title refers to the name of a song featured in the film. If wholl stop the rain isnt a knockout, destined to take its place among such rarefied, thoughtprovoking adventure classics as the treasure of sierra madre and the wages of fear, i haven. English wholl stop the rain is a 1978 american thriller drama film directed by karel reisz and starring nick nolte, tuesday weld, michael moriarty, and anthony zerbe. When it played at cannes, indeed, it was titled dog soldiers, but it was retitled wholl stop the rain, maybe because the producers didnt want people to think this was a war movie, or maybe because they thought the song title would help at the box office. Wholl stop the rain 1978 tt0078490 john, a disillusioned vietnam war journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. Sing wholl stop the rain in the style of creedence clearwater revival. Wholl stop the rain ist ein usamerikanisches actiondrama aus dem jahr 1978. This site is for research, and is not meant to infringe on the rights of the owners of this motion picture.
His wife remembers that when john converse went off to fight the war in vietnam, he didnt even know how to roll a joint. Do you have any new or corrected filming details to add. Wholl stop the rain is a 1978 psychological drama film released by united artists starring nick nolte. In 1978, the song was used in the film wholl stop the rain. Stingray karaoke rock, classic rock, 1970, english, key g. Wholl stop the rain is a 1978 american thriller drama film directed by karel reisz and starring nick nolte, tuesday weld, michael moriarty, and anthony zerbe. A remarkably faithful and astute adaptation of a strong novel, the film. It was originally going to be called dog soldiers after the source novel, but when the producers got the rights to use the song, they changed the title to it. Karel welcomed being challenged about what he had done, bloom recounts. Novelist robert stone based the central character of ray hicks, played in the film by nick nolte, on beat writer neal cassady. Vietnam veteran ray hicks gets conned into helping his buddy john converse smuggle some heroin, only to wind up on the lam with johns. Nick nolte tuesday weld michael moriarty 1978 a vietnam veteran nick nolte and his journalistfriends michael moriarty wife tuesday weld hold off. A vietnam vet and his friends wife get caught up in international drug smuggling and the desperation of heroin addiction in this gripping drama. Vietnam veteran ray hicks gets conned into helping his buddy john converse smuggle some heroin, only to wind up on the lam with johns wife when the deal goes sour.
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