The Story of Temple Drake

1h 11m
CrimeDrama
6.4

The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence, and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.

Cast

Miriam Hopkins
Temple Drake
William Gargan
Stephen Benbow
Jack La Rue
Trigger
Florence Eldridge
Ruby Lemarr
Guy Standing
Judge Drake
Irving Pichel
Lee Goodwin
Jobyna Howland
Miss Reba
William Collier Jr.
Toddy Gowan
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Jennie
James Eagles
Tommy
Harlan Knight
Pap
James Pier Mason
Van
Louise Beavers
Minnie
Arthur Belasco
Wharton
Oscar Apfel
District Attorney (uncredited)
Clem Beauchamp
Third Jellybean (uncredited)
John Carradine
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Darien
Gas Station Manager (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Second Jellybean / Rejected Suitor (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
Bob (uncredited)
Kent Taylor
First Jellybean (uncredited)

Crew

Stephen Roberts
Director
Oliver H.P. Garrett
Screenplay
William Faulkner
Novel
Karl Struss
Director of Photography
Benjamin Glazer
Producer
Travis Banton
Costume Design
Karl Hajos
Original Music Composer
Bernhard Kaun
Original Music Composer

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