Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it incessantly rains. Among the stranded passengers are Sadie Thompson, a prostitute, and Alfred Davidson, a fanatic missionary who will try to redeem her.
Keywords:
Prostitute
Quarantine
Missionary
Rain
Deluge
Remake
Pacific island
Religious fundamentalism
Religious hypocrisy
Pre-code
Based on short story
U.s. marine
Persecution
Record player
South sea island
Samoa
Moral reformation
General store
Reformer
Tropics
Fallen woman
Christian missionary
Public domain
Rainy setting
Cholera epidemic
Movie tag line: "A woman without shame. A woman without soul."
Character: Sadie Thompson
Character: Alfred Davidson
Character: Dr. Robert MacPhail
Character: Joe Horn
Character: Sergeant Tim O'Hara