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Rain (1932)

Rain (1932)

Drama

A woman without shame. A woman without soul.

Release Date: 1932, October 12
Directors: Lewis Milestone
Countries: United States of America
Production: Feature Productions, Feature Productions, United Artists, United Artists
Cast: Beulah Bondi, Walter Catlett, Ben Hendricks Jr., Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, Guy Kibbee, Matt Moore, Mary Shaw, William Gargan, Fred Howard, Kendall Lee

Overview:

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:

based on short story remake religious hypocrisy rain religious fundamentalism prostitute missionary u.s. marine deluge persecution quarantine record player pacific island general store pre-code public domain christian missionary fallen woman rainy setting samoa south sea island moral reformation tropics reformer cholera epidemic