Sadie Thompson (1928)
Directed by Raoul Walsh · 97 min · Drama, Romance
29.7 TOPICAL score · #3,570 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Sadie Thompson (1928, directed by Raoul Walsh) has a TOPICAL score of 29.7 - ranked 3,570 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and critics, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 0 awards from 2 nominations. Critics: 83% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.8/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.6/10 (41 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 25 languages.
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- Critics83% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.8/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.6/10 (41 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 2 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 25 languages
- Still read3,174 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore (actor #248), Blanche Friderici, Charles Willis Lane