Rain

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Rain

Released Oct 12, 1932

1h 33m

Drama

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In the South Pacific, the passengers of a boat must disembark prematurely at the island of Pago Pago due to a cholera scare. Among them are missionaries Alfred Davidson (Walter Huston) and his wife (Beulah Bondi), and a spirited prostitute, Sadie Thompson (Joan Crawford). On the island, Thompson lives it up with the American soldiers stationed in the village, and captures the heart of Sgt. Tim O'Hara (William Gargan). But Thompson's wild ways are too much for Davidson, who tries to convert her.

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Derek Smith

Slant Magazine

Rain’s sometimes blunt portrait of a familiar conflict is complicated by a milieu that is indifferent to demands for piety.

Sep 18, 2022

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TIME Staff

TIME Magazine

Director Lewis Milestone has made semi-respectable, unexciting, the old sure-fire melodrama.

Apr 14, 2020

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Its pre-Code standing means that it doesn't pull many punches in its portrayal of religious hypocrisy.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 25, 2022

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Jason Shawhan

Nashville Scene

If you only know her work from the Golden Age of Hollywood, or from her later career adventures in exploitation films and the infamy brought by Mommie Dearest, you are in for quite a surprise.

Sep 9, 2021

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Pare Lorentz

Vanity Fair

Joan Crawford gives an amiable and shrewd characterization: a performance, in fact, which is not so much deep or tender as it is a facile demonstration of how to work before a camera.

Jun 5, 2019

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Its shocking sensationalism has lost its punch.

Rated: B-

Jan 30, 2010

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Della V

Young Joan Crawford was excellent and much more attractive than in her older years. She stole the show.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/28/25

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Audience Member

One of Crawfords best. The scene where she chews him out and doesn't even wink or close her eyes once is epic. Crawford at her best!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/06/25

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Steven M

A compelling film with plenty of rain in it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/25

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Harriet L

emm...don't quite know : I liked the fact that RELIGION was really DAMNED in this film, as I happen to feel that ALL religions are the source of all evil, 'evil' ...so to speak, in the vein of it s religious followers..nutcases...all of them..speak. However...in terms of PLOT ...who killed Robertson? Why did Crawford turn from brainwashed back into hussy? anyone able to explain THAT to me?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/22/24

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Steve D

Not the best vision but a really good one.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/27/23

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georgan g

This old movie was surprisingly good. Crawford played the prostitute perfectly. The truth about who was "bad" shows in the end.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

In the South Pacific, the passengers of a boat must disembark prematurely at the island of Pago Pago due to a cholera scare. Among them are missionaries Alfred Davidson (Walter Huston) and his wife (Beulah Bondi), and a spirited prostitute, Sadie Thompson (Joan Crawford). On the island, Thompson lives it up with the American soldiers stationed in the village, and captures the heart of Sgt. Tim O'Hara (William Gargan). But Thompson's wild ways are too much for Davidson, who tries to convert her.

Director: Lewis Milestone
Producer: Joseph M. Schenck
Distributor: Reel Media International [us], United Artists, The Roan Group
Production Co: Feature Productions, Lewis Milestone Productions Inc.
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 12, 1932, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 12, 2016
Runtime: 1h 33m

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