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Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)

Film · 1978 · 126 min · R · Crime · Action · Drama

A week ago they were strangers. An hour ago they were lovers. Now they are targets.

John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.

Directed by Karel Reisz

Starring Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Masur, Ray Sharkey, Gail Strickland, Charles Haid

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In cinemas2 August 1978
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First release anywhere2 August 1978

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