Rainy Day Friends

Rainy Day Friends (1985)

A tough street kid from the L.A. barrios is discovered during an examination to have stomach tumors. During his hospitalization, he must learn to cope with not only his medical condition, but with people such as other patients, social workers and hospital personnel who come from a totally different world than he does--and they have to learn to cope with him.

Date of release
1985-12-20
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Drama
Director
Gary Kent

Casting

Interesting facts

Rainy Day Friends is a 1985 American drama film written and directed by Gary Kent, starring Esai Morales, Chuck Bail, Janice Rule, Carrie Snodgress and John Phillip Law. Morales plays a Mexican-American teenager who is suffering from cancer, and must learn to cope with the patients and staff at the hospital where he undergoes treatment. It is also known by the video title L.A. Bad.

Production

The film was the brainchild of veteran stuntman Gary Kent and his wife Tomi Barrett, who had also worked in film. They were inspired by the cancer struggles of one of Barrett's family members, which had motivated their move to her home state of Texas. The tragic story of a troubled youth from New Jersey, who died from cancer in his car after being kicked out by his parents, provided a more direct narrative starting point.

It took the couple between five and six years to research the subject, write the script and find financing, during which Barrett periodically took jobs as a secretary to make ends meet. The bulk of the financing came from San Antonio investors. Another article names Bill R. Willeford of Warton, a relative of Barrett's who did not live to see the film's release, as a supporter.

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