Sadie Thompson

1h 37m
DramaRomance
6.5

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.

Cast

Gloria Swanson
Sadie Thompson
Lionel Barrymore
Alfred Davidson
Blanche Friderici
Mrs. Alfred Davidson
Charles Lane
Dr. Angus McPhail
Florence Midgley
Mrs. Angus McPhail
James A. Marcus
Joe Horn
Sophia Artega
Ameena
Will Stanton
Quartermaster Bates
Raoul Walsh
Sergeant Timothy 'Tim' O'Hara
Charles Sullivan
Marine (Uncredited)

Crew

Raoul Walsh
Director, Adaptation, Producer
W. Somerset Maugham
Story
C. Gardner Sullivan
Editor
George Barnes
Director of Photography
Robert Kurrle
Director of Photography
Oliver T. Marsh
Director of Photography
William Cameron Menzies
Art Direction

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