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Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)

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Overview

Director:
Curtis Bernhardt
Writers:
Harry Kleiner (writer)
W. Somerset Maugham (story)
Release Date:
23 December 1953 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
RITA TURNS ON THE HEAT IN 3D (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
At a lonely military outpost on American Samoa, sticky heat alternates with torrential rain. A ship quarantine strands here Sadie Thompson... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
disappointing more

Cast

 (Complete credited cast)

Rita Hayworth ... Sadie Thompson
José Ferrer ... Alfred Davidson (as Jose Ferrer)
Aldo Ray ... Sgt. Phil O'Hara
Russell Collins ... Dr. Robert MacPhail
Diosa Costello ... Ameena Horn
Harry Bellaver ... Joe Horn
Wilton Graff ... Governor
Peggy Converse ... Mrs. Margaret Davidson
Henry Slate ... Pvt. Griggs
Rudy Bond ... Pvt. Hodges

Charles Bronson ... Pvt. Edwards (as Charles Buchinsky)
Frances Morris ... Mrs. MacPhail
Peter Chong ... Chung
John Grossett ... Preacher
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Rain (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
3 Channel Stereo
Certification:
Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (cable rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #16538, Adult Audience) | West Germany:16
Filming Locations:
Kaua`i, Hawaii, USA
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Trivia:
Aldo Ray sits in a hut with natives, trying to find a place for Rita Hayworth in the village. The language used is Samoan. The native says, "Leai se potu," meaning "no room." Ray replies politely but then ends the conversation with, "Alu," which doesn't mean "good-bye" but rather something like, "Get out of here." It's what Samoans say when they shoo animals away from the food or chase children out of the house. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Sergeant O'Hara's shirt is wet with sweat as he leaves the radio tent but dry as he exits. more
Quotes:
Sadie: Funny how I'm always running out of cigarettes. Sometimes I don't even know I'm smoking. I guess when something becomes a habit you don't think what you're doing. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Pappoudes en drasei: (#1.2)" (2000) more
Soundtrack:
HEAR NO EVIL more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
disappointing, 18 April 2004
Author: Jim (Harlequin_1998) from Huntsville, Alabama

I was so excited to find this movie...two of my favorite actors together! But the movie just doesn't work. It can't get the spirit of its author (and what a sour spirit) because of censorship, nor does it try to get into the minds of fundamentalist Christians (I don't think the filmmakers could). It's very sad because you see glimpses of greatness. Ferrer and Hayworth seem to be struggling without a director to deliver, but the soundstagey mess of a film overtakes them. The supporting actors aren't very good. If this film had been made with some grittiness, maybe it would have succeeded. But as it is, it's a messy hodgepodge.(the story is definitely not obsolete. we can see versions of it with Jessica Hahn and Jim Bakker, etc.)

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