The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 11m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
41 audience votes
Key crew
- Oliver H.P. GarrettScreenplay
- Stephen RobertsDirector
- Bernhard KaunOriginal Music Composer
- Karl HajosOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Miriam HopkinsTemple Drake
- William GarganStephen Benbow
- Jack La RueTrigger
- Florence EldridgeRuby Lemarr
- Guy StandingJudge Drake
- Irving PichelLee Goodwin
- Jobyna HowlandMiss Reba
- William Collier Jr.Toddy Gowan
- Elizabeth PattersonAunt Jennie
- James EaglesTommy
- Harlan KnightPap
- James Pier MasonVan
Stills
Themes
bootleggerrapeself-defenserape victimcourtroompre-codesouthern bellemurder trialsocial scandalcounty judgeconcealing the truth