Drama · United States of America · 1932 · 1h 34m

Rain

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Director
Lewis Milestone
Cast
Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson Walter Huston as Alfred Davidson Matt Moore as Dr. Robert MacPhail Guy Kibbee as Joe Horn William Gargan as Sergeant Tim O'Hara Beulah Bondi as Mrs. Davidson
Crew
Oliver T. Marsh — Director of Photography Duncan Mansfield — Editor Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer Maxwell Anderson — Screenplay W. Somerset Maugham — Story Lewis Milestone — Producer
Tagline

A woman without shame. A woman without soul.

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
prostitutequarantinemissionaryraindelugeremakepacific islandreligious fundamentalismreligious hypocrisypre-codebased on short storyu.s. marine
Key Collaborators
Lewis Milestone Director Oliver T. Marsh Director of Photography Duncan Mansfield Editor Alfred Newman Original Music Composer Maxwell Anderson Screenplay W. Somerset Maugham Story Lewis Milestone Producer
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