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Rain [videorecording] / Joseph M. Schenck presents Lewis Milestone's production ; screen adaptation, Maxwell Anderson ; a United Artists Picture.

Contributor(s): Milestone, Lewis, 1895-1980 | Schenck, Joseph M, 1877-1961 | Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959 | Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977 | Huston, Walter, 1884-1950 | Gargan, William, 1905- | Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956 | Catlett, Walter, 1889-1960 | Bondi, Beulah, 1892-1981 | Moore, Matt, 1888-1960 | Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970 | Colton, John, b. 1899. Rain | Randolph, Clemence. Rain | Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965. Miss Thompson | United Artists Corporation | Alpha Video Distributors.
Publisher: Narberth, PA : Alpha Video, 2004Description: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Prostitutes -- Drama | Missionaries -- Drama | Pago Pago (American Samoa) -- DramaGenre/Form: Feature films -- United States. | Film adaptations.
Production Credits: Photography, Oliver T. Marsh ; editor, W. Duncan Mansfield ; music, Alfred Newman.
Cast: Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, William Gargan, Guy Kibbee, Walter Catlett, Beulah Bondi, Matt Moore, Kendall Lee, Ben Hendricks, Frederick Howard.Summary: On the South Pacific island of Pago Pago, Sadie Thompson (Joan Crawford) is a tough-talking plaything for American G.I.s. Missionary Alfred Davidson (Walter Huston) frowns upon her provacative flaunting and warns her to repent or risk being deported to San Francisco where Sadie will face her dark past. Terrified and overwhelmed by his charisma, she is seduced into redemption and reborn, but in a shocking twist learns that temptation is hard to resist.
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Adapted from the play by John Colton and Clemence Randolph. Original story by W. Somerset Maugham.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1932.

Photography, Oliver T. Marsh ; editor, W. Duncan Mansfield ; music, Alfred Newman.

Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, William Gargan, Guy Kibbee, Walter Catlett, Beulah Bondi, Matt Moore, Kendall Lee, Ben Hendricks, Frederick Howard.

On the South Pacific island of Pago Pago, Sadie Thompson (Joan Crawford) is a tough-talking plaything for American G.I.s. Missionary Alfred Davidson (Walter Huston) frowns upon her provacative flaunting and warns her to repent or risk being deported to San Francisco where Sadie will face her dark past. Terrified and overwhelmed by his charisma, she is seduced into redemption and reborn, but in a shocking twist learns that temptation is hard to resist.

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