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.

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Cast

Joan Crawford

Sadie Thompson

Walter Huston

Alfred Davidson

Matt Moore

Dr. Robert MacPhail

Guy Kibbee

Joe Horn

William Gargan

Sergeant Tim O'Hara

Beulah Bondi

Mrs. Davidson

Kendall Lee

Mrs. MacPhail

Ben Hendricks Jr.

Griggs

Walter Catlett

Quartermaster Bates