Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1928 · 1h 37m

Sadie Thompson

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Director
Raoul Walsh
Cast
Gloria Swanson as Sadie Thompson Lionel Barrymore as Alfred Davidson Blanche Friderici as Mrs. Alfred Davidson Charles Lane as Dr. Angus McPhail Florence Midgley as Mrs. Angus McPhail James A. Marcus as Joe Horn
Crew
Oliver T. Marsh — Director of Photography George Barnes — Director of Photography Robert Kurrle — Director of Photography C. Gardner Sullivan — Editor W. Somerset Maugham — Story Raoul Walsh — Producer
Tagline

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!

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
suicidesouth seasmissionaryreligionsilent filmreligious hypocrisyu.s. marinezealotpartially lost filmfallen womanrainy setting
Key Collaborators
Raoul Walsh Director Oliver T. Marsh Director of Photography George Barnes Director of Photography Robert Kurrle Director of Photography C. Gardner Sullivan Editor W. Somerset Maugham Story Raoul Walsh Producer
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