TMDb Rating
6.5/10
40 verified votes
Sadie Thompson (1928)
DramaRomance
97 min
"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!"
Plot Summary
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.
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Keywords to include
DramaRomanceRaoul WalshGloria SwansonLionel Barrymore1928
Director
Raoul Walsh
Top Cast
Gloria SwansonLionel BarrymoreBlanche FridericiCharles LaneFlorence Midgley
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