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Thanks for the memories!

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Based on Michael V. Gazzo's Broadway play, "A Hatful of Rain" from 1957 pulls no punches about the horrors of drug addiction and the effects on a family. Don Murray is Johnny Pope, whose horrific experiences in Korea have left him permanently scarred physically and emotionally, and his stay in the hospital afterward turned him into a junkie. He manages somehow to hide this from his pregnant wife, Celia (Eva Marie Saint) who believes his staying out all night, his lack of attention to her, and any concern about or even acknowledgment of her pregnancy means there's another woman.Johnny's brother, Polo (Anthony Franciosa), lives with the couple and is in love with Celia. He carries Johnny's secret. When their intolerant father (Lloyd Nolan) comes to visit, he wants the $2500 Polo borrowed from him and said he had; Polo endures his father's wrath when he admits he no longer has it, and doesn't tell him that it went into his favorite son's arm.This is a really tough, unrelenting story, with Johnny owing money to his supplier (Henry Silva) and cut off, and we see Johnny going through the horrors of withdrawal.The drama is set against the background of the '50s New York City, portrayed here as a cold, gray, rainy world. Beautifully directed by Fred Zinnemann and brilliantly acted by all involved, "A Hatful of Rain," even today remains a powerful film.

This is a compelling movie about drug addiction. It focuses on the many ways in which addicts make hostages of the people who love them. It is accurate, and it doesn't flinch.Don Murray plays Johnny Pope, a closet junkie who, with the co-operation of his brother, Polo (Tony Franciosa), has conspired to keep his addiction a secret from his pregnant and neglected wife, Celia (Eva Marie Saint). Celia's ready to leave. She thinks Johnny's long absences have something to do with another woman. To add to this mess enter the brothers' judgemental dad (Lloyd Nolan) and the dealer Johnny owes money to (the ever-menacing Henry Silva), and Johnny's pressure-cooker world is ready to explode.The story unfolds with gritty realism and poignancy. All four main characters, trapped in their implacable attitudes toward each other early in the film, reveal a surprising moral resiliency later on. There's a top-notch cast, and I was particularly impressed by Tony Franciosa. I had to see this Cinemascope film in a non-letterbox format, which is too bad, because the New York City black-and-white photography, cold, dank, misty, claustrophobic, is breathtaking. Work like this reminds me of why I have a fondness for atmospheric on-location urban dramas. The great Bernard Herrmann's music was moody and tinged with dread. And I enjoyed the restless camera-work. This movie will be a must-have on DVD.The chilling piece of dialogue, "meet me where the children play", is the instruction given by a drug dealer to a potential customer to meet him in a playground. Dealers don't give a rat's ass. They want the money. And the customers, well...they may hate the circumstances they find themselves in, but they need the drug. This is the moral dilemma of drug addiction that this movie touches on so effectively and compassionately.

This is one of the first movies I saw about addiction and it is one of the best I have seen. Don Murray was fantastic as a addict and his brother played the part of the family saver well to. I have searched to get a print of this movie without success. this shows the seedy side of addiction. It also showed the impact a family member who is addicted to something has on his family in this case his wife thought there was another woman. There was the strong family feeling from this movie and the father was a overbearing perfectionist that really loved his family but had trouble showing it to both brothers which hurt the other brother big-time.

I must have been all of 8 years old when I seen this movie and I only remembered bits and pieces of it, but I do remember Hatful of Rain being a good movie. But, I must say after reading the comments listed online it put the movie fresh in my memory and all I would like to say "WHERE'S THE VIDEO", this is a great movie and no one has it on video or DVD. Shame, Shame, Shame.Also, I would like to ask Author 031391 from Brewster, NY, Why don't you make copies of the VHS you have and put me down as the first person to receive a copy. It's nice to [email protected]