Miss Sadie Thompson overview

Miss Sadie Thompson

Synopsis:

Set in New Caledonia (though filmed in Hawaii), Miss Sadie Thompson is a heavily laundered adaptation of Somerset Maugham's Rain, with Rita Hayworth in the title role and José Ferrer as the pious Alfred Davidson. To satisfy the censors, Sadie is no longer a whore but a nightclub entertainer "with a past," while Davidson is not a minister but a lay preacher. The end result, however, is about the same, with Davidson trying to save Sadie's soul, only to lose his own in the process.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Curtis Bernhardt
  • Studio: Columbia Pictures
  • Year: 1953
  • Run Time: 91 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Set in: Pacific Islands
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama, Musical
  • Filmed in: Stereoscopic/3D, Color