Who 'll Stop the Rain - wikipedia Who 'll Stop the Rain For the Creedence Clearwater Revival song, see Who 'll Stop the Rain ( song ). Who 'll Stop the Rain Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung Directed by Karel Reisz Produced by Herb Jaffe Gabriel Katzka Screenplay by Judith Rascoe Robert Stone Based on Dog Soldiers by Robert Stone Starring Nick Nolte Tuesday Weld Michael Moriarty Anthony Zerbe Music by Laurence Rosenthal Cinematography Richard H. Kline Edited by John Bloom Distributed by United Artists Release date August 11, 1978 ( 1978 - 08 - 11 ) Running time 126 minutes Country United States Language English Who 'll Stop the Rain is a 1978 psychological drama film released by United Artists starring Nick Nolte. It was directed by Karel Reisz and produced by Herb Jaffe and Gabriel Katzka with Sheldon Schrager and Roger Spottiswoode as executive producers. The screenplay was by Judith Rascoe and Robert Stone from Stone 's novel Dog Soldiers. The music score was by Laurence Rosenthal and the cinematography by Richard H. Kline. It was entered in the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Background and production 4 Awards 5 Soundtrack 6 References 7 External links Plot The film opens in Saigon at the height of the Vietnam War. John Converse ( Michael Moriarty ), a disillusioned war correspondent, approaches Ray Hicks ( Nolte ), a merchant marine sailor and acquaintance of Converse 's from 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 ( Tuesday Weld ), who has become addicted to Dilaudid. When Hicks discovers 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 ( Anthony 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 wean her 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. Cast Nick Nolte as Ray Hicks Tuesday Weld as Marge Converse Michael Moriarty as John Converse Anthony Zerbe as Antheil Richard Masur as Danskin Ray Sharkey as Smitty Gail Strickland as Charmian Charles Haid as Eddie Peace David Opatoshu as Bender Joaquín Martínez as Angel ( as Joaquin Martinez ) James Cranna as Gerald Timothy Blake as Jody Shelby Balik as Janey Jean Howell as Edna José Carlos Ruiz as Galindez ( as Jose Carlos Ruiz ) Background and production The film is based on Robert Stone 's novel Dog Soldiers ( 1974 ), which won the National Book Award ( US ) for fiction in 1975. For its original US theatrical release it was re-titled Who 'll Stop the Rain, after the Creedence Clearwater Revival song, which features prominently ( along with several other popular CCR tracks ) on the film 's soundtrack. The film was released as Dog Soldiers for release in several foreign territories. Some copies of the DVD of Who 'll Stop the Rain actually contain prints titled Dog Soldiers. Stone based the character of Ray Hicks on Beat writer Neal Cassady, with whom Stone became acquainted through novelist Ken Kesey, a graduate school classmate of Stone 's at Stanford University. Hicks ' death scene on the railroad tracks at the film 's conclusion is directly based on Cassady 's death along a railroad track outside of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in 1968. The hippie commune setting, where lights and stereo speakers placed throughout the woods are utilized in Hicks ' escape plan, is partially based on Kesey 's home in La Honda, California, where Kesey and his friends -- known as the Merry Pranksters -- famously wired the surrounding woods with lights and sound equipment to enhance their experiments with LSD. The Saigon scenes were filmed on a set in Mexico. There was a casting advertisement in Mexico City for people of any Asian background to represent the Vietnamese. Awards Nominee Palme d'Or Cannes Film Festival ( Karel Reisz ) Nominee Best Actor National Society of Film Critics ( Nick Nolte ) Nominee Best Adapted Drama Writers Guild of America ( Judith Rascoe, Robert Stone ) Soundtrack Del Reeves - `` Philadelphia Fillies '' Jackie DeShannon - `` Put a Little Love in Your Heart '' Don McLean - `` American Pie '' Slim Whitman - `` I 'll Step Down '' Creedence Clearwater Revival - `` Hey Tonight '' Creedence Clearwater Revival - `` Who 'll Stop the Rain '' Creedence Clearwater Revival - `` Proud Mary The Spencer Davis Group - `` Gimme Some Lovin ' '' Hank Snow - `` Golden Rocket '' References Jump up ^ `` Festival de Cannes : Who 'll Stop the Rain ''. festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009 - 05 - 21. Jump up ^ http://www.nationalbook.org/nbawinners1970.html Jump up ^ Though technically not a commune, Kesey 's home was a frequent site for large parties attended by a mixture of literary luminaries such as poet Allen Ginsberg and journalist Hunter S. Thompson, music figures ( including Jerry Garcia, whose group The Grateful Dead later became the house band for Kesey 's famous Acid Tests ), and outlaws, especially members of the infamous Hells Angels motorcycle club. These parties are described intimately in works by Ginsberg and Thompson, and in Tom Wolfe 's book The Electric Kool - Aid Acid Test ( 1968 ). Mention of Ken Kesey, his Merry Pranksters, and Neal Cassady are also discussed in detail in Martin Torgoff 's book Ca n't Find My Way Home. Espen, Hal ( June 6, 2004 ). `` America in the Great Stoned Age ''. The New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2010. External links Who 'll Stop the Rain on IMDb Who 'll Stop the Rain at Rotten Tomatoes Films directed by Karel Reisz Momma Do n't Allow ( 1955 ) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ( 1960 ) Night Must Fall ( 1964 ) Morgan -- A Suitable Case for Treatment ( 1966 ) Isadora ( 1968 ) The Gambler ( 1974 ) Who 'll Stop the Rain ( 1978 ) The French Lieutenant 's Woman ( 1981 ) Sweet Dreams ( 1985 ) Everybody Wins ( 1990 ) Works by Robert Stone Novels A Hall of Mirrors ( 1966 ) Dog Soldiers ( 1974 ) A Flag for Sunrise ( 1981 ) Children of Light ( 1986 ) Outerbridge Reach ( 1992 ) Damascus Gate ( 1998 ) Bay of Souls ( 2003 ) Death of the Black - Haired Girl ( 2013 ) Short story collections Bear and His Daughter ( 1997 ) Fun with Problems ( 2010 ) Nonfiction Prime Green : Remembering the Sixties ( 2007 ) The Best American Short Stories 1992 ( editor, 1992 ) Screenplays WUSA ( 1970 ) Who 'll Stop the Rain ( 1978 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Who%27ll_Stop_the_Rain&oldid=794995623 '' Categories : 1978 films English - language films 1970s crime drama films American chase films American crime drama films American crime thriller films American films Films about drugs Films about the illegal drug trade Films directed by Karel Reisz Films based on American novels Films based on military novels Films shot in Mexico Psychological drama films United Artists films Vietnam War films Works by Robert Stone Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from August 2016 Articles with unsourced statements from September 2015 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Deutsch Français Italiano Nederlands Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 11 August 2017, at 09 : 58. 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Question: where was who'll stop the rain filmed
Answer: Mexico