**** The Rains of Ranchipur (12/14/55) Jean Negulesco ~ Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray, Joan Caulfield Original title: The Rains of Ranchipur. The 1939 film uses the original novel's ending; the 1955 film provides different fates for Lord and Lady Esketh. The Twilight Time Blu-ray of The Rains of Ranchipur is a faultless transfer and encoding of a film most of us remember from old network broadcasts, pan-scanned into oblivion. 1955 Directed by ... rather boring. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi . Turner looks sensational in her Helen Rose wardrobe and the Indian flavored score by Hugo Friedhofer is a gem. There is a special effects disaster in the last half-hour, and Turner has some good scenes - but you have to wait over an hour to something to happen. This movie has, for its time, amazing special effects for the flood scene. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The Rains Of Ranchipur at Amazon.com. The atmosphere gets heavier as the story's emotions get hotter, culminating in weather so awful it's hard to tell exactly what's going on - a monsoon or a typhoon, apparently, plus an earthquake and a flood. He begins an affair with a married British noblewoman (Myrna Loy) until a massive flood, earthquake and plague disrupt everyone's lives. The spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. To let you know HOW amazing the effects were, in this category, THE RAINS CAME beat out GONE WITH THE WIND and its amazing burning of Atlanta! The Rains Came (1939) A lavish and expensive prestige picture, budgeted at $2.5 million, and based on a critically acclaimed novel, The Rains Came (1939) stars Tyrone Power as an Indian doctor in the mythical city of Ranchipur, India. Directed by Jean Negulesco, The Rains of Ranchipur was nominated for special effects once again – its only nomination – but did not win. The Rains of Ranchipur. The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) True to its title, The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) splashes plenty of stormy skies and drenching downpours across the CinemaScope screen. Buy The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) (Blu-Ray) from Amazon's Movies Store. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The Rains Of Ranchipur at Amazon.com. The disaster footage is great, but not really worth waiting for. Louis Bromfield's The Rains Came, brought to the screen once before by 20th-Fox in 1939, is filmed this time with Lana Turner as the titled trollop. The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) was Oscar nominated for Best Visual Effects. The special effects were good enough in their day to get an Oscar nomination. The Rains Came was remade in 1955 as The Rains of Ranchipur, with Richard Burton, Lana Turner and Fred MacMurray in the Power, Loy and Brent roles. It was THAT good and worth seeing just for this segment. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. The colors by DeLuxe are bright, the image is sharp and there's remarkably less grain than I … The Rains of Ranchipur is a film directed by Jean Negulesco with Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray, Joan Caulfield, .... Year: 1955. As for the rest of the story, it's okay--not great. This is a remake of the 1939 film The Rains Came, which is – in my opinion – a better film. She falls in love with an indian doctor, Dr. Safti. Synopsis: India. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.