As the train pulls away, his pursuers (Annabella""s rival spies) are unable to catch the moving rain.BackgroundTerms of Endearment(1983) is a comedy/drama classic, an entertaining film, but also a manipulative, soap-operatic melodramatic tearjerker, with an ending similar toDark Victory (1939)andLove Story (1970).Writer Paul Osborn""s screenplay adapted John Steinbeck""s 1952 novel with the same title for this dramatic Warner Bros.They were quickly all over each other, groping and kissing, and Donna was soon topless - seen in a fuzzy image from one of the cameras tossed to the floor.In voice-over, Francis described the procedure, to the tune of The Chordettes""Mister Sandman:Adrenaline acts as a catalyst for the serum, so we""re gonna have to make you suffer.