IMDb RATING
6.9/10
3.2K
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A prostitute newly arrived in the South Pacific finds herself at odds with a stern missionary determined to save her soul.A prostitute newly arrived in the South Pacific finds herself at odds with a stern missionary determined to save her soul.A prostitute newly arrived in the South Pacific finds herself at odds with a stern missionary determined to save her soul.
- Awards
- 3 wins total
Fred Howard
- Hodgson
- (as Frederic Howard)
Ben Hendricks Jr.
- Griggs
- (as Ben Hendricks)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCostumer Milo Anderson bought Joan Crawford's checkered dress at a department store and later recalled that the dress required extensive alteration, being far too large for Crawford everywhere except in the shoulders. Still new to the business, Anderson did not realize that multiple copies would be needed of a costume worn so extensively throughout the film. When it came time for a second copy, Anderson discovered that the dress had sold out and was now not available anywhere. Nor could the checkered fabric be located. Since the dress had already been seen in numerous scenes, the only solution was to have the design laboriously painted onto cloth and then have the dress duplicated. The dress had originally been store-bought to save money--and ultimately, with all the work, it added considerably to the film's budget.
- GoofsAt the beginning, where the ship's passengers are handing over their passports and shore passes to be checked, the serial number on all the passes is the same.
- Quotes
Sadie Thompson: You men! PIGS!
- ConnectionsEdited into Haunted Hollywood: Rain (2016)
- SoundtracksSt. Louis Blues
(1914) (uncredited)
Written by W.C. Handy
Played during the opening credits and often in the score
Featured review
Most TV versions of "Rain" look like an antique, since they are in desperate need of restoration. The video versions are restored with 20 minutes of footage that is cut on some of the TV prints. Crawford was loaned out by MGM to United Artists for this second adaptation of the famed Maugham novel. This was one of Joan's biggest commercial disasters when she was still big at the box-office before her decline in the late 1930s. By viewing it today, one may not be impressed by the story or performances, but this is actually one of Joan's finest from her early films. "Rain" has become overlooked through the years since it was a notorious bomb and Crawford herself hated this movie. It is not as excellent as Gloria Swanson's "Sadie Thompson," but not that bad.
- nickandrew
- Aug 7, 2001
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,172,840
- Gross worldwide
- $1,534,720
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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