A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. However, Mr. Davidson, a missionary who arrived on the island at the same time, aims to "save" Sadie from her sinful life and petitions to have her separated from her beau and deported back to San Francisco.
Sadie Thompson has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Sadie Thompson (1928)
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Sadie Thompson was released in 1928 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 9 reviews, giving Sadie Thompson (1928) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 70%.
With a score of 70%, Sadie Thompson is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1928, which stands at 67%.
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