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A self-righteous missionary man seeks to save the soul of a former prostitute.A self-righteous missionary man seeks to save the soul of a former prostitute.A self-righteous missionary man seeks to save the soul of a former prostitute.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
José Ferrer
- Alfred Davidson
- (as Jose Ferrer)
Charles Bronson
- Pvt. Edwards
- (as Charles Buchinsky)
Robert Anderson
- Dispatcher
- (uncredited)
Elizabeth Bartilet
- Child
- (uncredited)
Clifford Botelho
- Child
- (uncredited)
Erlynn Mary Botelho
- Child
- (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
- Marine
- (uncredited)
Eduardo Cansino Jr.
- Marine
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Harry Kleiner
- W. Somerset Maugham(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThis is a "Personal Pick" of Robert Osborne, who is the host for Turner Classic Movies. He considers Rita Hayworth to be "the definitive" Sadie Thompson.
- GoofsSergeant O'Hara's shirt is wet with sweat as he leaves the radio tent but dry as he exits.
- Quotes
Mrs. Davidson: Thank heaven she's gone. She disturbed Mr. Davidson horribly last night. He despises women of that kind.
Dr. MacPhail: The founder of our religion was not so squeamish.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
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Poor Sadie
Poor Sadie - either way she had a tough deal of things. Having never seen the movie "rain" I cannot do a comparison, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. So... taken on its own merits, this is an OK movie, not the best, not the worst. Rita glimmers and gleams like gold in a desert when she arrives, and it spoke heaps for the moral code that did exist that she was able to flick away unwanted attention in those days, apart from the one person who wrote his own code of course. The preacher man with too much power was convincing, (and his snivelling wife), doing what most people with too much power do - becoming corrupted by his own invincibility. Although it appears that a man (any man) offering the sanctuary of married life was the solution to the world's problems, or at least Sadie's, part of me was hoping that she would be able to revert to her original plan and go to New Caledonia. Why she didn't just push Davidson off the cliff when they were talking? But it might have spoiled the story! Not a bad way to spend an hour or so... beautiful colour, interesting story and I suppose a happy ending?
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- Sep 2, 2007
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- W. Somerset Maugham's Miss Sadie Thompson
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- Gross US & Canada
- $6,322,000
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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