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Rider on the Rain ()

Le passager de la pluie (original title)
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A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.

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Col. Harry Dobbs
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Mélancolie 'Mellie' Mau
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Tony Mau
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Inspector Toussaint
Jean Piat ...
M. Armand
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Nicole
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Tania Legauff
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Juliette
Ellen Bahl ...
Madeleine Legauff
Steve Eckardt ...
U.S. officer
Jean-Daniel Ehrmann ...
(as Jean-Daniel Ehrman)
Marika Green ...
Hostess at Tania's
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Armand's Henchman (as Yves Massart)
Marc Mazza ...
The Passenger (Mac Guffin)
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Station Master
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Viviane Chantel ...
(uncredited)
Pierre Collet ...
(uncredited)

Directed by

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René Clément

Written by

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Sébastien Japrisot ... (original screenplay, adaptation and dialogue by)

Produced by

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Felice Colaiacomo ... producer
Franco Poccioni ... producer
Serge Silberman ... producer

Music by

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Francis Lai

Cinematography by

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Andréas Winding ... director of photography (as Andreas Winding)

Editing by

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Françoise Javet

Editorial Department

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Catherine Dubeau ... assistant editor
Michèle Masnier ... assistant editor
Nadette Simon ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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Pierre Guffroy

Set Decoration by

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Pierre Lefait

Costume Design by

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Rosine Delamare

Makeup Department

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Jacqueline Pipard ... key makeup artist

Production Management

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Michel Breuil ... assistant unit manager
Jean Lara ... unit manager
Ulrich Picard ... production manager (as Ully Pickardt)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jacques Bourdon ... first assistant director
Georges Grod ... first assistant director
Renaud Walter ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Pierre Lefait ... set dresser
Jean-François Magnain ... property master (as J.F. Magnain)
Albert Rajau ... assistant art director
François Suné ... property master (as François Sune)

Sound Department

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Noëlle Balenci ... sound editor
Jacques Carrère ... sound mixer (as Jacques Carrere)
Jacques Gallois ... sound recordist
Lucien Moreau ... boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Michel Bonnat ... second assistant camera
Jean Harnois ... first assistant camera
Georges Pastier ... camera operator
Georges Pierre ... still photographer
Roland Reffet ... key grip
René Touillaud ... gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Olympe Watelle ... costumer

Script and Continuity Department

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Suzanne Durrenberger ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Odette Darrigol ... production secretary
Jacqueline Dudilleux ... production accountant
Jacqueline Oblin ... production accountant
Serge Silberman ... presenter
John Berry ... voice dubbing: Charles Bronson (uncredited)
John Marshall ... subtitle script and timing (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

A beautiful young woman in the South of France is raped by a mysterious masked assailant. She shoots him dead soon afterwards and dumps his corpse in the sea. Soon an American investigator turns up who seems to know what she has done. Written by Jonathon Dabell

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Taglines Bronson At His Brutal Best! See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'uomo venuto dalla pioggia (Italy)
  • Rain (United States)
  • Rider on the Rain (United States)
  • Rider on the Rain (Canada, English title)
  • Rider on the Rain (New Zealand, English title)
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Runtime
  • 120 min
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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross $3,482,830

Did You Know?

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Trivia The 1971 song by The Doors "Riders on the Storm" was reputedly influenced by this film. Jim Morrison allegedly was so taken in by the film and in particular its plot that he wrote the song as a result. See more »
Goofs In the beginning of the film, the bus is seen passing by and then stopping with no one on board, yet when the bus drives off, the stranger with the red flight bag is seen at the bus stop. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Charles Bronson (2015). See more »
Soundtracks Le Passager de la Pluie See more »
Quotes Col. Harry Dobbs: You expect me to eat that?
Mélancolie Mau: Americans live on ketchup and milk. I'm a whiz at geography.
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