Story Line
Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it incessantly rains. Among the stranded passengers are Sadie Thompson, a prostitute, and Alfred Davidson, a fanatic missionary who will try to redeem her.
“A woman without shame. A woman without soul.”
Top Cast
Joan Crawford
Sadie Thompson
Walter Huston
Alfred Davidson
Matt Moore
Dr. Robert MacPhail
Guy Kibbee
Joe Horn
William Gargan
Sergeant Tim O'Hara
Beulah Bondi
Mrs. Davidson
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Rating
6.6/ 10
Release Date
1932-10-12
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Drama
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User Reviews (1)
CinemaSerf
7/10
•6/13/2022There are times in this film when I could quite cheerfully have hung Walter Huston's "Davidson" from the yardarm... Joan Crawford is "Sadie Thompson" - a prostitute merrily plying her trades on a South Pacific island with the visiting American troops...