Who’ll Stop the Rain

Vietnam veteran Ray Hicks gets conned into helping his buddy John Converse smuggle some heroin, only…

• Director: Karel Reisz
• Genre:Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / War
• Runtime:126 minutes

Cast

Nick Nolte : Ray Hicks
Tuesday Weld : Marge Converse
Michael Moriarty: John Converse
Anthony Zerbe : Antheil
Richard Masur : Danskin

The film opens in Saigon at the height of the Vietnam War.John Converse (Moriarty), a disillusioned war correspondent, approaches Ray Hicks (Nolte), a merchant marine sailor and acquaintance of Converse’s from back in the US, for help in smuggling a large quantity of heroin from Vietnam to San Francisco, where he will exchange the drugs for payment with Converse’s wife Marge (Weld), who has become addicted to dilaudid. When Hicks discovers that he is being followed by thugs connected either to Converse or his suppliers, he goes on the run with Marge and the heroin, and is eventually pursued by the corrupt DEA agent (Zerbe) who initially set the deal in motion. As Marge is separated from her supply of prescription drugs, she experiences withdrawal, and Hicks decides to help her wean off her dilaudid addiction by using the heroin. Hicks also attempts to find another buyer for the heroin before his pursuers can catch up to him. Read more