Rain (television film)

***Rain*** is an American war television film directed by Robert J. Wilson and produced by World International Network. It premiered on Animal Planet on May 25, 2001.

## Plot

In 1968, American soldier Danny Davis is serving in Vietnam while also writing letters to his little sister Amy, who idolizes him and remains in the United States with his dog Rain for companionship. Sometime later, Danny is killed in action. Wanting to honor her brother's memory, Amy decides to give Rain to the army as a part of their training program in hopes that he can save more soldiers from being killed.

Rain is assigned to Private Joe Holland. While Holland initially has trouble working with Rain at first, he manages to train him through motivation of his love for Amy. Holland and Rain arrive in Vietnam and are assigned as part of the scouting team under Sergeant Crawford. Holland soon begins exchanging letters with Amy on a regular basis. When the team begins scouting through the jungle for V.C. soldiers, Rain saves Summers by tackling him when he falls in the line of fire and then Holland when he places his foot on a mine, which Summers disarms. The team is forced to camp for the night when Rain refuses to go forward after the humidity prevents him getting the enemies' scent. The next day, Rain senses danger in an open field. Holland advises against crossing, but Crawford doesn't listen, and the party is caught in an ambush, during which Gleeson, Junior and Papis are killed while the rest escape on a helicopter.

The survivors of the attack are returned to base for hospital treatment, where Holland meets and falls for tech Abby Palmer and Summers is resigned to a wheelchair. Rain at first refuses to eat or drink but pulls through when Holland reads him a letter from Amy. The pair soon rejoin the scouting party with a local boy named Ky guiding them on a mission to Chu Sang in search of enemy soldiers. When the party arrives at a river, Rain uses a rope for them to use and cross safely while dodging an enemy sniper who is shot by Jordan. They soon arrive at a village where Crawford demands information from one of the villagers, whom Ky claims his father. The man denies knowing anything, but when supplies is found belonging to the V.C., Crawford begins threatening him at gunpoint, but stops himself when Holland has Rain stand between him and the threatened man, and the party returns to base.

Holland learns from Abby that Ky's father was actually killed months ago. The news causes him to suspect Ky of being a spy when he disappears with Rain into the jungle, where he is knocked out by smugglers who capture Rain and carry him away for trade. Holland and Abby, acting on information from Mays, follow them to the river, where Holland sets a diversion with a flare to distract them while Abby tries to free Rain. Rain manages to escape and subdue one of the smugglers attacking Abby, while Holland knocks one of them out, and the rest are driven off or killed by a firing helicopter and the subdued man is shot dead by Summers, allowing the three of them to escape. Following the incident, Holland returns to the United States to release Rain back to Amy's family, and bids farewell to him before returning to the army. The film ends with a message commending the dogs who saved thousands of American lives during the Vietnam War.

## Cast

* Scott Cooper as Pvt. Joe Holland
* Ashley Louise Edner as Amy Davis
* Pamela Moore Sommers as Abbey Pulmer
* Susan Dey as Diane Davis
* Mark Kiely as Lt. Crawford
* Derk Cheetwood as Sgt. Summers
* Wiley Pickett as Sgt. Venetti
* Vincent Angell as Cpt. Pike
* Randall Arney as John Davis
* Sean Graham as Pvt. Mays
* Craig Kirkwood as Pvt. Jordan
* Eric Balfour as Pvt. Morris
* Kidany Lugo as Stereo
* Jason Dumiengo as Junior
* Thomas Fattorosso as Pvt. Lillard
* John David Pontrelli as Kovensky
* Jimmy Pham as Ky