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Sadie Thompson

1928 • 1h37m Drama, Romance

Rating

6.5/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Raoul Walsh

Cast

Gloria Swanson

Lionel Barrymore

Blanche Friderici

Release date

1/7/1928

Status

Released

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

$7,000,000

Origin country

US

Vote count

40