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Film · 1928

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!

Directed by Raoul WalshGloria SwansonLionel BarrymoreBlanche Friderici
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7 Jan 1928Released
1h 37mRunning time
6.6TMDB score of 10
DramaGenre

The story

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.

Cast

Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson

Sadie Thompson
Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Alfred Davidson
Blanche Friderici

Blanche Friderici

Mrs. Alfred Davidson
Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Dr. Angus McPhail

Florence Midgley

Mrs. Angus McPhail
James A. Marcus

James A. Marcus

Joe Horn

Sophia Artega

Ameena
Will Stanton

Will Stanton

Quartermaster Bates
Raoul Walsh

Raoul Walsh

Sergeant Timothy 'Tim' O'Hara
Charles Sullivan

Charles Sullivan

Marine (Uncredited)
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