Sadie Thompson (1928)

01/07/1928 (US) • 1h 37m

Drama, Romance

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!

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.

Top Billed Cast

Gloria Swanson

Sadie Thompson

Lionel Barrymore

Alfred Davidson

Blanche Friderici

Mrs. Alfred Davidson

Charles Lane

Dr. Angus McPhail

Florence Midgley

Mrs. Angus McPhail

Will Stanton

Quartermaster Bates

Raoul Walsh

Sergeant Timothy 'Tim' O'Hara


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

$1,000,000.00

Revenue

$7,000,000.00

Keywords

suicide

south seas

missionary

religion

silent film

religious hypocrisy

u.s. marine

zealot

partially lost film

fallen woman

rainy setting

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