
Overview:
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.Status: | Released (1932-10-12) |
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BoxOffice: | $1,172,840 |
Screen: | John Colton, Clemence Randolph, W. Somerset Maugham |
Productions: | Feature Productions |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English, |

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Casts
- 31550: Joan Crawford - Sadie Thompson
- 19020: Walter Huston - Alfred Davidson
- 61101: Matt Moore - Dr. Robert MacPhail
- 30002: Guy Kibbee - Joe Horn
- 87697: William Gargan - Sergeant Tim O'Hara
- 17755: Beulah Bondi - Mrs. Davidson
- 232956: Kendall Lee - Mrs. MacPhail
Crews
- 2000: Lewis Milestone - Director - Directing
- 128436: John Colton - Theatre Play - Writing
- 1185454: Clemence Randolph - Theatre Play - Writing
- 27916: W. Somerset Maugham - Story - Writing
- 67807: Maxwell Anderson - Screenplay - Writing
- 2000: Lewis Milestone - Producer - Production
- 10520: Joseph M. Schenck - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
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Review text:
There 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. The arrival of the seriously pur ....
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