Interesting and attractive movie based on the Stage Success "Rain" about conflicts between an ex-prostitute and a stuffy, stiff-upper-lip reformer . A steamship originating from San Francisco has just docked on the South Pacific island of Samoa where there is an American military outpost , sticky heat alternates with torrential rain , in which some US Marines are stationed. Among the passengers is Sadie Thompson (Rita Hayworth) , for who this island is only a transit stop in that she is on her far way . Circumstances force her to stay in the island additional days, which places her in a difficult situation as she starts to run out of money. Sadie is either fun-loving or a harlot depending on one's perspective. Davidson (Jose Ferrer) , a self-professed deacon, is a reformer who has the ear of all the governors representing the South Pacific islands. His self-righteous and sanctimonious beliefs and attitudes include sinners needing to show true penance to achieve ultimate salvation. He believes that Sadie is a prostitute who will continue to ply her trade in the island. He is only half right as she was a prostitute in San Francisco, until she left to start life a new. Davidson confronts her with his beliefs about her, threatening to get the governor to deport her back to San Francisco, which would be her worst nightmare as she is also escaping other things in San Francisco . By this time, Sadie and U. S. Marine Sergeant Phil O'Hara (Aldo Ray) have fallen in love despite her dark past . Phildoes what he can to stop the powerful Davidson, self-righteous Mr. Davidson, powerful head of the Mission Board, who suspects Sadie is a fugitive from the notorious Emerald Club of Honolulu. But he is not as righteous as he wants the world to believe. She's out for all she can get!... And in for all kinds of trouble! Rita turns on the heat in 3D ! . Rita turns it loose! Rita Hayworth turns it on... in 3D! . Sadie could storm any barrack she attacked! Magnetism had never been heard of until she hit town! What a woman! You'll say so, too! .The Story That Startled the World! All the world against her except one man- and his faith never wavered! ."Sadie Thompson" was a triumph before the first camera crank turned! Now it's a smashing sensation! The world's highest paid star in Somerset Maugham's great story !
Riveting and often high-powered rendition of a story by prestigious W. Somerset Maugham "Miss Thompson" or ¨Rain¨ about a prostitute seeking a fresh start who becomes the obsession of a religious extremist , it results in a strong confrontation among them. Piercing drama on an isle in the tropic South Seas in which the star of stars , Rita Hayworth , plays the picture of pictures . Rita Hayworth , glorious exponent of emotion, performs one of the finest film of her extraordinary career. Main and support cast are pretty well , they are well cast . Rita is fascinating as a lusty , fun-loving prostitute , while Jose Ferrer is nice as Alfred Davidson, a hypocritical reformer with full of religion and self-righteousness . As well as Aldo Ray giving a fine acting as Sgt. Phil O'Hara who falls deeply for her , he knows her past but still wants to marry her and take her to start a new life in Australia . Remaining cast formed by notorious secondaries such as : Russell Collins , Diosa Costello , Harry Bellaver , Wilton Graff , Robert Anderson and brief appearance by Charles Bronson.
The first and best version was Sadie Thompson1928 by Raoul Walsh with Gloria Swanson , Lionel Barrymore. And remade as Rain , Dirty Gertie from Harlem USA and Miss Sadie Thompson . The motion picture was well and professionally directed by Curtis Bernhardt , though no originality because copying the stunning 1928 version . Curtis was a Hollywood craftsman who worked in various Majors as Warner Bros and MGM, largely on the strength of Carrefour (1938) which proved so enduring that it was remade as Dead Man's Shoes (1940) in the UK and as Crossroads (1942). Bernhardt rapidly achieved a reputation as a woman's director with occasional forays into suspense with varied results and providing stunning casting in his impressive films . He directed one of Humphrey Bogart's least popular films, Conflict (1945). Soon after , he moved to RKO, which was entering its final chaotic decade, directing The Blue Veil (1951), a remake of a French film. He did a one-shot gig at Columbia, directing Bogie once again in the hopelessly set-bound Sirocco (1951) and Beau Brummell (1954) that was one of the brilliant and convincing slices of history that MGM ever financed . Rating : 6.5/10 , better than average . This is a must-see for admirers of the Technicolor movies nearing its peak of perfection .
Riveting and often high-powered rendition of a story by prestigious W. Somerset Maugham "Miss Thompson" or ¨Rain¨ about a prostitute seeking a fresh start who becomes the obsession of a religious extremist , it results in a strong confrontation among them. Piercing drama on an isle in the tropic South Seas in which the star of stars , Rita Hayworth , plays the picture of pictures . Rita Hayworth , glorious exponent of emotion, performs one of the finest film of her extraordinary career. Main and support cast are pretty well , they are well cast . Rita is fascinating as a lusty , fun-loving prostitute , while Jose Ferrer is nice as Alfred Davidson, a hypocritical reformer with full of religion and self-righteousness . As well as Aldo Ray giving a fine acting as Sgt. Phil O'Hara who falls deeply for her , he knows her past but still wants to marry her and take her to start a new life in Australia . Remaining cast formed by notorious secondaries such as : Russell Collins , Diosa Costello , Harry Bellaver , Wilton Graff , Robert Anderson and brief appearance by Charles Bronson.
The first and best version was Sadie Thompson1928 by Raoul Walsh with Gloria Swanson , Lionel Barrymore. And remade as Rain , Dirty Gertie from Harlem USA and Miss Sadie Thompson . The motion picture was well and professionally directed by Curtis Bernhardt , though no originality because copying the stunning 1928 version . Curtis was a Hollywood craftsman who worked in various Majors as Warner Bros and MGM, largely on the strength of Carrefour (1938) which proved so enduring that it was remade as Dead Man's Shoes (1940) in the UK and as Crossroads (1942). Bernhardt rapidly achieved a reputation as a woman's director with occasional forays into suspense with varied results and providing stunning casting in his impressive films . He directed one of Humphrey Bogart's least popular films, Conflict (1945). Soon after , he moved to RKO, which was entering its final chaotic decade, directing The Blue Veil (1951), a remake of a French film. He did a one-shot gig at Columbia, directing Bogie once again in the hopelessly set-bound Sirocco (1951) and Beau Brummell (1954) that was one of the brilliant and convincing slices of history that MGM ever financed . Rating : 6.5/10 , better than average . This is a must-see for admirers of the Technicolor movies nearing its peak of perfection .