A Hatful of Rain
A Hatful of Rain

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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. Johnny and Polo have always looked out for each other, which is now made all the more difficult with Polo, unknown to Johnny, being attracted to Celia himself. Uneducated Polo is currently the largest household breadwinner working as a bouncer at a sleazy bar - it th... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in A Hatful of Rain:

Eva Marie Saint
Don Murray
Anthony Franciosa
Lloyd Nolan
Henry Silva
Gerald S. O'Loughlin

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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. Johnny and Polo have always looked out for each other, which is now made all the more difficult with Polo, unknown to Johnny, being attracted to Celia himself. Uneducated Polo is currently the largest household breadwinner working as a bouncer at a sleazy bar - it the best paying job with his skills - as Johnny, untold to Celia, has lost his latest job, the fourth such in the last three months. Without a word, Johnny often disappears for large periods of time, and although she inherently still loves him, Celia is uncertain if she can stay in a marriage in which he no longer touches her or acknowledges their baby, especially as she believes he is having an affair. She would admit to herself that in her loneliness she often does think about falling into Polo's arms. These issues are exacerbated by the visit of Johnny and Polo's father from Palm Beach, he who they have not seen since before Johnny and Celia's wedding, this thus the first time he will have met his daughter-in-law. Unknown to John Sr. who has always treated Johnny as the favored son, both Johnny and Polo have a strained relationship with him in he never being there when they need him. What John Sr. did not tell them before the arrival of his two day stay is that he has come specifically for $2,500 Polo had promised was his whenever he needed it, he wanting it for his retirement plans, with the problem being that Polo no longer has the money which further places Polo in John Sr.'s bad books. All of these issues stem directly from a secret Johnny is keeping, with Polo the only one in the family who knows: that Johnny is a two fix a day junkie, he having become addicted to morphine when he was in the hospital at the end of his military service. Polo's saved $2,500 went to Johnny for his fixes, while Johnny immediately owes "Mother", his primary supplier, $500 - money which Johnny doesn't have - Mother who knows the fine line of getting the money versus keeping Johnny hooked and thus keeping him as a lucrative customer.

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EmanuelLevy.Com - 9/10 by Emanuel LevyAnthony Franciosa received Oscar nomination for Zinnemman's realistic drama about drug addiction, which was still a taboo issue in Hollywood of the 1950s.
User Review - 8/10 by Sam MRisky subject matter for the time which is part of its good points and rating, the slight lack of focus between the stories surrounding the main story are a little too elaborated upon. Would have been nice to see a scene or two of Johnny Pope fixing, but let's remember this was 1957.
User Review - 8/10 by John BDon't understand why there isn't more love for this. I thought it was a good groundbreaking film on the topic of addiction right up there with the Lost Weekend. I'm not as familiar with most of these actors but their internal struggles are brought to the screen with great vigor.
User Review - 8/10 by Richard SRemarkable and stirring performances. A breakthrough after the topic of narcotics was finally allowed to be presented by the code. Interesting how addiction is seen and handled not that long ago.
User Review - 8/10 by Dana RVery ahead-of-its-time look at drug dependency, especially that of WWII veterans
User Review - 6/10 by Greg Wanother junkie movie like 'panic at needle park'
User Review - 6/10 by Walter M"A Hatful of Rain" starts with John Pope(Lloyd Nolan) paying a visit to his son Johnny(Don Murray) and pregnant daughter-in-law Celia(Eva Marie Saint) in New York City. However, this is not a purely social call, as he is inquiring about the $2,500 that his other son Polo(Anthony Franciosa), a bouncer, promised him that he needs for a nightclub he is planning on opening back in Florida. But Polo no longer has the money. And neither does Johnny what with his being in debt to a shady customer like Mother(Henry Silva) and just recently being secretly unemployed. To its credit, "A Hatful of Rain" seeks to be an early serious look at drug addiction, while also being very much ahead of the curve in dramatizing the life of a soldier who came back from the war an addict. And as much as the movie makes great use of location shooting on the Lower East Side, it ends up clashing with the story's stage roots, very much in evidence. At the same time, "A Hatful of Rain" suffers from a clear lack of focus. That is quite a dubious achievement when you notice that there are only four principal characters in the movie and it's supposed to be about Johnny's addiction. Instead there are tons of daddy issues...which are Polo's. That's not to mention a rather shaky love triangle going on at the same time.
User Review - 6/10 by Kenny VAbove average message film with good use of authentic locale - stairwells, alleys and a fun street crossing leading a cop's horse. Murray and Franciosa have terrific fraternal chemistry, and the Herrmann score is a bonus. Lloyd Nolan and Eva Marie Saint are pretty annoying, but are balanced villainously by a great supporting cast, especially Silva and Gerald O'Loughlin.
User Review - 6/10 by Maria Vsometimes (perhaps too often) the story moved from frank depiction to trying to shock the audience (why does a little kid run out from nowhere everytime someone is getting/trying to get high?).

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