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Sadie Thompson

6.8 97 mins Drama   Romance   1928
Gloria Swanson Pictures  
Director(s): Raoul Walsh

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.

Casts of Sadie Thompson

Gloria Swanson

as Sadie Thompson

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

Sophia Artega

as Ameena

Will Stanton

as Quartermaster Bates

Raoul Walsh

as Sergeant Timothy 'Tim' O'Hara

Charles Sullivan

as Marine (Uncredited)

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