Sadie Thompson (1928)
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!
97 min
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.
- Release date
- January 7, 1928
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,000,000
- Box office
- $7,000,000
Cast
- Lionel Barrymore as Alfred Davidson
- Blanche Friderici as Mrs. Alfred Davidson
- Charles Lane as Dr. Angus McPhail
- Florence Midgley as Mrs. Angus McPhail
- James A. Marcus as Joe Horn
- Sofia Ortega as Ameena
- Will Stanton as Quartermaster Bates
- Raoul Walsh as Sergeant Timothy O'Hara
- Gloria Swanson as Sadie Thompson
- Charles Sullivan as Marine
Crew
- Raoul Walsh · Director
- W. Somerset Maugham · Writer
- Raoul Walsh · Writer
- C. Gardner Sullivan · Writer
- Joseph Turrin · Composer
- George Barnes · Cinematographer
- Robert Kurrle · Cinematographer
- Oliver T. Marsh · Cinematographer
- C. Gardner Sullivan · Editor