A sentimental tragedy that will have you reaching for a hankie. Rain is as prominent as the romance of star-crossed lovers. Fate brings two unlikely people into each other's life; and just as easily comes between them. Ruth Wood(Jayne Wyman)is of plain appearance and is a lonely secretary that goes home every evening to take care of her mother(Josephine Hutchinson), who has been grieving ever since her husband left. During a cloudburst, Ruth by chance meets a happy-go-lucky soldier Pvt. Art Hugenon(Van Johnson). The young soldier from Tennessee is hard for Ruth to resist. The two are different as night and day; but it doesn't stop them from falling in love. Art ships overseas and is killed. Ruth falls apart physically and mentally. The finale takes place at St. Patrick's Cathedral during a rainstorm and thus the movie's title. A superb tear-jerker filmed in beautiful black & white; and the rain should share billing with Wyman and Johnson. Also in the cast: Eileen Heckart, Fred Clark, Alan King, Arte Johnson and Peggie Castle.