---
title: 'Who''ll Stop the Rain (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karel Reisz'
released: '1978-05-21'
runtime_minutes: 126
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/wholl-stop-the-rain-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078490/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)

1978 · 126 min · Drama, Action, War, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Who'll Stop the Rain is a 1978 American neo-noir thriller crime drama film directed by Karel Reisz and starring Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, and Anthony Zerbe. It was released by United Artists and produced by Herb Jaffe and Gabriel Katzka with Sheldon Schrager and Roger Spottiswoode as executive producers. The screenplay is by Judith Rascoe and Robert Stone, based on Stone's novel Dog Soldiers (1974), the music score by Laurence Rosenthal, and the cinematography by Richard H. Kline. The movie was entered in the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karel Reisz](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-reisz)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-stone)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Laurence Rosenthal](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-rosenthal)
- **Producer:** [Herb Jaffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/herb-jaffe)
- **Director of Photography:** [Richard H. Kline](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-h-kline)
- **Editor:** [John Bloom](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bloom)

## Cast

- [Jan Burrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-burrell)
- [Wings Hauser](https://cinepixo.com/people/wings-hauser)
- [Ray Sharkey](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-sharkey)
- [Charles Haid](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-haid)
- [Michael Moriarty](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-moriarty)
- [David Opatoshu](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-opatoshu)
- [Jonathan Banks](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-banks)
- [Anthony Zerbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-zerbe)
- [Tim Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-blake)
- [Nick Nolte](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-nolte)
- [Richard Masur](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-masur)
- [Tuesday Weld](https://cinepixo.com/people/tuesday-weld)
- [Gail Strickland](https://cinepixo.com/people/gail-strickland)

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