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Rain (1932)

1932-10-12 · 94 min · Rating 6.60/10 (58 votes)

A woman without shame. A woman without soul.

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

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