by Francis Ford Coppola

Based on another of legal thriller writer John Grisham’s best sellers, The Rainmaker was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and focuses on Rudy, a likeable but inexperienced law school graduate who agrees to fight for a boy suffering from leukaemia after the insurance company refuses to pay for Rusty Sabich's life-saving operation.

Francis Coppola

HBO First Look: Francis Coppola Directs The Rainmaker, as well as Sofia Coppola’s directorial debut, The Virgin Suicides.