Rita Hayworth is a red head here. She is Sadie Thompson - a woman running from her past until she gets religion from a Preacher who then does not practice what he preaches. She is on her way to freedom until then.
This one was done as a silent film in 1928, Directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Lionel Barrymore. That might just be the best version. In 1932, Joan Crawford did the first sound version. Here in 1953, Hayworth is Sadie number 3. Actually, her look here and the technicolor from MGM look pretty good.
Hayworth's acting is fair, as is Jose Ferrer as the holier than thou preacher who does everything he can to stop Sadie but then becomes the very evil man he preaches against. Sadie is just too much for any one man.
The plot for all three versions work out the same, and as for how it concludes, let's just say it is self-destructive. This one is worth looking at Rita, whose really the vamp here, but finds religion in the end. Or does she?
This one was done as a silent film in 1928, Directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Lionel Barrymore. That might just be the best version. In 1932, Joan Crawford did the first sound version. Here in 1953, Hayworth is Sadie number 3. Actually, her look here and the technicolor from MGM look pretty good.
Hayworth's acting is fair, as is Jose Ferrer as the holier than thou preacher who does everything he can to stop Sadie but then becomes the very evil man he preaches against. Sadie is just too much for any one man.
The plot for all three versions work out the same, and as for how it concludes, let's just say it is self-destructive. This one is worth looking at Rita, whose really the vamp here, but finds religion in the end. Or does she?