Miss Sadie Thompson | |
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Directed by | Curtis Bernhardt |
Screenplay by | Harry Kleiner |
Based on | "Miss Thompson" by W. Somerset Maugham |
Produced by | Jerry Wald |
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Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
Edited by | Viola Lawrence |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | The Beckworth Corporation |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2.9 million (US)[1] |
Miss Sadie Thompson is a 1953 3-D American musical romantic drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, and Aldo Ray. The film was released by Columbia Pictures. The film is based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1921 short story "Miss Thompson" (later retitled "Rain"). Other film versions include Sadie Thompson (1928) starring Gloria Swanson, Rain (1932) starring Joan Crawford, and Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (1946).
The film received a nomination for Best Original Song ("Sadie Thompson's Song") at the 26th Academy Awards.