Barney Miller The Rainmaker (Season 7, Episode 21)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Barney Miller

The Rainmaker (Season 7, Episode 21)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

The officers arrest a rainmaker, only to discover that he was hired by the drought-ridden city. Wojo, Harris, and Dietrich each consider applying for a job opening in vice.

Director

Noam Pitlik

Writers

Frank Dungan (teleplay by) (story by) (story editor) | Jeff Stein (teleplay by) (story by) | Paul Robinson Hunter (story by) (as Paul Hunter) | Danny Arnold (created by) & 2 more

Producers

Noam Pitlik | Tony Sheehan

Cinematographer

George Spiro Dibie

Editors

Christin Hardman (video tape) | Linda Henry (video tape) | Laurence Merrill

Casting Director

Cody Ewell (as Cody Michael Ewell)

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Edit Released

Updated May 14, 1981

Release date

May 14, 1981 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 3 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 6 wins & 43 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
9 cast members

Name	Known for
Hal Linden Capt. Barney Miller Capt. Barney Miller See fewer	Barney Miller (1975)
Max Gail Det. Stan 'Wojo' Wojciehowicz Det. Stan 'Wojo' Wojciehowicz See fewer	42 (2013)
Ron Glass Det. Ron Harris Det. Ron Harris See fewer	Serenity (2005)
Steve Landesberg Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich See fewer	Barney Miller (1975)
Ron Carey Officer Carl Levitt Officer Carl Levitt See fewer	History of the World: Part I (1981)
J. Pat O'Malley Walter Dooley Walter Dooley See fewer	One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Leonard Stone Ernest Lun Ernest Lun See fewer	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Beatrice Colen Lillian Hamilton Lillian Hamilton See fewer	Wonder Woman (1975)
Bruce MacVittie Gerald Clayton (as Bruce Mac Vittie) Gerald Clayton (as Bruce Mac Vittie) See fewer	Brooklyn's Finest (2009)