Henry, the Rainmaker is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and written by Lane Beauchamp.

The film stars Raymond Walburn, Walter Catlett, William Tracy, Mary Stuart, Barbara Brown and Gary Gray.

[1][2][3] Henry Latham is an average man who is inspired to run for mayor office because of the painful problem of garbage disposal.

George Colton, an incumbent mayor, solves the problem by himself, so later Latham turns his attention to another problem—the water shortage.

His stubbeorn attempts to become a rainmaker for the town prove to be disastrous.