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A Balasaur Score of 72 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 82%. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
61 audience votes
Key crew
- Lewis MilestoneDirector
- Maxwell AndersonScreenplay
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joan CrawfordSadie Thompson
- Walter HustonAlfred Davidson
- Matt MooreDr. Robert MacPhail
- Guy KibbeeJoe Horn
- William GarganSergeant Tim O'Hara
- Beulah BondiMrs. Davidson
- Kendall LeeMrs. MacPhail
- Fred HowardHodgson
- Ben Hendricks Jr.Griggs
- Mary ShawAmeena
- Walter CatlettQuartermaster Bates
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Themes
prostitutequarantinemissionaryraindelugeremakepacific islandreligious fundamentalismreligious hypocrisypre-codebased on short storyu.s. marine