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Rain

Play trailer Poster for Rain 1932,  1h 33m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 82% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 67% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
82% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
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 Sep 18, 2022
Rain’s sometimes blunt portrait of a familiar conflict is complicated by a milieu that is indifferent to demands for piety. Go to Full Review
TIME Staff TIME Magazine Apr 14, 2020
Director Lewis Milestone has made semi-respectable, unexciting, the old sure-fire melodrama. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Jun 28, 2026
1.5/4
...a progressively tiresome endeavor... Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Sep 25, 2022
3/4
Its pre-Code standing means that it doesn't pull many punches in its portrayal of religious hypocrisy. Go to Full Review
Jason Shawhan Nashville Scene Sep 9, 2021
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. Go to Full Review
Pare Lorentz Vanity Fair Jun 5, 2019
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. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Lewis Milestone

Director

Joan Crawford

Sadie Thompson

Walter Huston

Alfred Davidson

William Gargan

Sergeant Tim O'Hara

Guy Kibbee

Joe Horn

Walter Catlett

Quartermaster Bates

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Movie Info

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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