- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1957-09-09
- Director: Fred Zinnemann (1907–1997)
- Writers: Michael V. Gazzo , Alfred Hayes , Carl Foreman
- Language: English
- Stars: Eva Marie Saint , Don Murray , Anthony Franciosa , Lloyd Nolan , Henry Silva , Gerald S. O’Loughlin , William Hickey , Tom Ahearne , William Bailey , Gordon B. Clarke
- Runtime: 109 min
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 10 nominations total
- AKA: Narkomanen (Denmark) , Morfin (Turkey) , Kapelusz pełen deszczu (Poland) , Ena kapello gemato vrohi (Greece) , A Hatful of Rain (United Kingdom) , Kourallinen lunta (Finland) , En hatt full med regn (Norway) , Cárcere Sem Grades (Brazil) , Une poignée de neige (Canada) , A Hatful of Rain (United States of America) , 夜を逃れて (Japan) , Cárcere Sem Grades (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Izdırap Kaynağı (Turkey) , Une poignée de neige (France, French Republic) , Un sombrero lleno de lluvia (Spain) , A Hatful of Rain (Canada) , Giftiger Schnee , A Hatful of Rain , Un cappello pieno di pioggia (Italy) , Un sombrero lleno de lluvia (Argentina) , Giftiger Schnee (Austria) , En handfull snö (Sweden) , A Hatful of Rain (Australia) , Шляпа, полная дождя
- Plot: 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.
- IMDB:tt0050487
A Hatful of Rain Cast · · · ALL
Fred Zinnemann
(1907–1997)
Director
Eva Marie Saint
Celia Pope
Don Murray
Johnny Pope
Anthony Franciosa
Polo Pope
Lloyd Nolan
John Pope, Sr
Henry Silva
Mother
Gerald S. O’Loughlin
Chuch
William Hickey
Apples
Paul Kruger
Bartender
Ralph Montgomery
Spectator at Football Game
Michael Vale
Cab Driver
Art Fleming
Jack - Mounted Cop
William Bailey
Man in Elevator (uncredited)
Herb Vigran
(1910–1986)
Man in Elevator (uncredited)
Gordon B. Clarke
Middle-Aged Man (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Barfly (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Barfly (uncredited)
Kit Guard
Barfly (uncredited)
Jane Hoffman
Lone Woman (uncredited)
Jason Johnson
Boss (uncredited)
Jay Jostyn
Doctor (uncredited)
Rex Lease
Man at Mailbox (uncredited)
Jimmy Rogers
Child (uncredited)
William Tannen
Celia's Supervisor (uncredited)
Emerson Treacy
Mr. Wagner - Celia's Office Manager (uncredited)
Guy Way
Bartender (uncredited)