Sadie Thompson
Sadie could storm any barrack she attacked! Magnetism had never been heard of until she hit town! What a woman! You'll say so, too!
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- Drama
- Romance
Overview
A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. However, Mr. Davidson, a missionary who arrived on the island at the same time, aims to "save" Sadie from her sinful life and petitions to have her separated from her beau and deported back to San Francisco.
Keywords
- religion
- religious hypocrisy
- suicide
- u.s. marine
- missionary
- silent film
- zealot
- partially lost film
- rainy setting
- south seas
- fallen woman
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 7, 1928
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Gloria Swanson Pictures
- Cast
- Raoul Walsh,Florence Midgley,Charles Sullivan,James A. Marcus,Charles Lane,Lionel Barrymore,Sophia Artega,Blanche Friderici,Will Stanton,Gloria Swanson
- Director
- Raoul Walsh
- Producer
- Raoul Walsh
- Cinematography
- Oliver T. Marsh,Robert Kurrle,George Barnes
- Budget
- $1,000,000
- Revenue
- $7,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0019344