A Hatful of Rain

A Hatful of Rain is a 1957 American dramatic film about a young married man with a secret morphine addiction. It is a medically and sociologically accurate account of the effects of morphine on an addict and his family. The frank depiction of drug addiction in a feature film was a rarity for its time.

In a housing project apartment in New York City near the Brooklyn Bridge, Johnny Pope Don Murray lives with his pregnant wife Celia Eva Marie Saint and his brother Polo Anthony Franciosa. Johnny is a veteran recently returned from the Korean War, in which he sustained an injury while surviving for days trapped in a cave. His survival made him a hero in the newspapers, but his ensuing recuperation in a military hospital left him secretly addicted to the painkiller morphine, with Polo his only family member aware of his condition.Johnny and Polos father, John Sr. Lloyd Nolan arrives in New York from his home in Florida to briefly visit his sons, and to pick up 2500 that Polo had saved and promised to him whenever he wanted it. John Sr. has just fulfilled his dream of quitting his job and buying his own bar, and needs the money to pay for repairs and remodeling to the new business. However, Polo tells his father that he spent the money and refuses to say what he spent it on. John Sr. becomes angry and refuses to speak to Polo, continuing his lifetime pattern of praising Johnny and putting down Polo. John Sr. expresses his pride in Johnnys war service and that he has married a fine wife, is starting a family, and lives in a nice apartment for which he has even built much of the furniture by hand, while Polo by contrast is renting a room from his brother, is not married and works in a bar that his father considers lowclass. Unbeknownst to their father and Celia, Polo gave the money to Johnny, who spent it all on his 40aday drug habit. John Sr. is also unaware that Johnny has lost four jobs in a row due to his habit and that Johnny and Celia are on the verge of divorce because Johnny ignores her and is gone for hours, including overnight. Celia thinks he is seeing another woman but in reality he is looking for drugs, which are becoming harder to find as the police are arresting many dealers. ........

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