The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) was originally to be shot on location in both India and Pakistan. Modern sources claim that India refused to grant the studio a filming permit, however, and contemporary sources reported that backgrounds for the picture were shot on location in Pakistan only. Some location shooting was also done on the Twentieth Century-Fox ranch in Malibu, CA. Principal players never left Hollywood. Doubles filled in for the main cast in the long shots and whatever other scenes that were needed.
Lana Turner confessed in her autobiography that she did not appreciate her romantic acting partner Richard Burton on the set of the film.
Actress Joan Caulfield was married to producer Frank Ross at the time of production. The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) marked her first film since the United Artists release The Lady Says No (1951), also produced by Ross. Caulfield did not appear in another picture until the M-G-M release Cattle King (1963).
Made in DeLuxe Color, Cinemascope, and four-track stereophonic sound, the film is a remake of the black-and-white film The Rains Came (1939), also made by Fox, directed by Clarence Brown and starring Tyrone Power, Myrna Loy and George Brent. However, the 1955 film changes the novel's ending. An interesting fact was Lana Turner had been considered for the role of "Fern Simon" in the 1939 production.