Rain 1932

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Rain ★★½ 1932

W. Somerset Maugham's tale of a puritanical minister's attempt to reclaim a “lost woman” on the island of Pago Pago. Crawford and Huston work up some static. Remake of the 1928 silent film “Sadie Thompson.” Remade again in 1953 as “Miss Sadie Thompson.” 92m/B VHS, DVD . Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, William Gargan, Guy Kibbee, Beulah Bondi, Walter Catlett; D: Lewis Milestone; W: Maxwell Anderson; C: Oliver Marsh; M: Alfred Newman.

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