Ranchipur India

[Vickey Melling]

IndiaThe spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. She falls in love with an indian doctor, Dr. Safti. She also meets an old friend of hers, the alcoholic Tom Ransome. An awful earthquake is followed by days of rain.

Well, who'da thunk there was a picture in which Lana Turner gave a better performance than Richard Burton? Ladies and gentleman, I present you with The Rains of Ranchipur, a CinemaScope DeLuxe Color remake of 1939's The Rains Came, one of the ur-disaster movies. Lana plays a rich bitch who cheats on her lorded husband Michael Rennie, playing the string of men she encounters like hands of poker. Lana is pretty good at portraying this rapacious character, don't ask me why.

Worth it solely for Lana Turner in technicolor. She is radiant and lovely -- though the film itself leaves much to be desired. The original ('When the Rains Came' with Loy and Power) is a much better rendition.

The first two thirds of The Rains of Ranchipur (remake of The Rains Came) has our main characters (played by Lana Turner and Richard Burton) talking a lot about an affair. We don't really see much of this besides a couple of fairly tame kisses, but we hear about it. A lot.

The original, The Rains Came (1939), is better is every way that matters. I'm a bit baffled by this one. The story seemed watered down, disregarding details of the great interpersonal relationships the first one had. Or maybe just the importance of them, cannot put my finger on it. I'm sure if I laid the two out side by side, I could find some specifics.

La moglie annoiata di un funzionario inglese intraprende una relazione con un medico indiano contro il volere specialmente della madre di lui, principessa di antico lignaggio. Finch un terremoto ed un'inondazione riequilibrano il tutto.

Le riprese del film - prodotto dalla Twentieth Century Fox e girato a Lahore, nel Pakistan e nel ranch della Twentieth Century-Fox di Malibu, in California[2] - iniziarono il 15 agosto per terminare a met settembre 1955[1]. Il film fu girato a colori (De Luxe) e in CinemaScope con lenti Bausch & Lomb; per il sonoro venne usato il sistema 4-Track Stereo Western Electric Recording[1].

Il copyright del film, richiesto dalla Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., fu registrato il 15 dicembre 1955 con il numero LP5962. Negli Stati Uniti, distribuito dalla Twentieth Century Fox, il film usc nelle sale in dicembre, preceduto da una prima a New York (15 dicembre) e una a Los Angeles (16 dicembre 1955)[1].

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