Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it incessantly rains. Among the stranded passengers are Sadie Thompson, a prostitute, and Alfred Davidson, a fanatic missionary who will try to redeem her.
Joan Crawford
as Sadie Thompson
Walter Huston
as Alfred Davidson
Matt Moore
as Dr. Robert MacPhail
Guy Kibbee
as Joe Horn
William Gargan
as Sergeant Tim O'Hara
Beulah Bondi
as Mrs. Davidson
Kendall Lee
as Mrs. MacPhail
Fred Howard
as Hodgson
Ben Hendricks Jr.
as Griggs
Mary Shaw
as Ameena
Walter Catlett
as Quartermaster Bates
