Sadie Thompson
“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!”
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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Cast
10 people
Gloria Swanson
Sadie Thompson
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
Queen Kelly
Lionel Barrymore
Alfred Davidson
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
You Can't Take It with You
Blanche Friderici
Mrs. Alfred Davidson
Known for
It Happened One Night
A Farewell to Arms
Charles Lane
Dr. Angus McPhail
Known for
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Florence Midgley
Mrs. Angus McPhail
Also in
Eyes of the Heart
Burning Bridges
James A. Marcus
Joe Horn
Known for
The Eagle
The Iron Horse
Sophia Artega
Ameena
No other roles listed
Will Stanton
Quartermaster Bates
Known for
The Little Princess
Raoul Walsh
Sergeant Timothy 'Tim' O'Hara
Also in
The Mystery of the Hindu Image
They Never Knew
Charles Sullivan
Marine (Uncredited)
Known for
Below Zero
Spite Marriage
Raoul Walsh Director · W. Somerset Maugham Story George Barnes Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $7M · Budget $1M · United States release January 7, 1928
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$7,000,000
Gross vs. budget
7.0×
Production
Gloria Swanson Pictures
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · No dialogue
Release dates
United States · January 7, 1928
Theatrical
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