force rainstorm. He personally created the first drops  with water from a cup when the scene was shot.  Michael Powell (I) (qv) was so pleased with the effect that he  decided to make the scene, originally the penultimate one, the  closing shot. Cardiff, however, was a great fan of the original  scene (which had already been shot) that was supposed to follow this  one and close the film. To this day Cardiff amusingly calls the  opening drops of the rainfall "the worst idea I ever had".