A Hatful of Rain

About the pain and violence of drug addiction. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Don Murray, Eva Marie Saint, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan. Mother: Henry Silva. Script by Michael Gazzo and Alfred Hayes. Based on Gazzo’s Broadway play. Bernard Herrmann score., Drama following the trials and tribulations of a drug addict (Don Murray), and the problems his loved ones encounter in trying to adjust to his condition., In this film, based on the stage play by Michael V. Gazzo, Don Murray has managed to keep his drug addiction secret from his pregnant wife and his boorish father, but Murray’s brother knows the truth. Murray hits up Franciosa for money to support his habit and his addiction deepens.