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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302281811
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302281814
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: June 24, 1994
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 18907
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 23, 1953
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Why isn't it on DVD?
Miss Sadie Thompson
This movie is well worth watching, if only for Rita Hayworth's fabulous, "The Heat is On" dance number. But I don't understand why it's not available on DVD, given that "Trouble in Texas," "Charlie Chan in Egypt" and a few of her other, early, and not as interesting films, are. I'd also like to see "Tonight and Every Night" on DVD as well. That film has some great dance sequences. Given how little Rita was allowed to produce in her best years, at least Sony/Columbia ... Read More
Rating: - Miss Sadie Thompson 1953
Miss Sadie Thompson (Rita Heyworth 1918-1987) is a bawdy night club entertainer stranded on a tropical island during World War II, and she loves every minute of it...Until she encounters the Reverend Davidson (Jose Ferrer 1909-1992) . When Sadie seeks her salvation throug the hyporcritical minister , she?s met with a brutal assault . But in spite of all he exposes about her past , Sadie managers to find someone who loves her . Don?t miss Rita Heyworth in one of her finest moment of tempestous love and stagging ... Read More
Rating:  - Glossy, but mediocre
Rita Hayworth's performance as Sadie Thompson is okay, but it can't hold a candle to Joan Crawford's brilliant 1932 portrayal. The film is a glossy, technicolor semi-musical, but it seems like its heart was not in the story, restrained by '50s moral codes (and therefore less moving). This film is more about Hollywood glamour and Rita Hayworth's body, which is great if you love classic films, but don't expect a masterpiece (which it very well could have been). It would have been much more entertaining in 3-D.
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Rating: - Overblown interpretation of basically good story
This 1953 film stars Rita Hayworth in a loosely adapted version of a Somerset Maugham story. It takes place on a American occupied Pacific Island where the marines, and especially Aldo Ray, are all quite smitten with Miss Sadie Thompson, a tough and sexy lady who loves to party and who is forced to spend some time there because her ship is quarantined. Jose Ferrer, cast in the role of an angry and dour preacher quarantined there too, manages to arrange for her to be deported. He has his own weaknesses, however, ... Read More
Rating:  - daring, bold, exotic
Originally filmed in 3-D, MISS SADIE THOMPSON stars the perfectly cast Rita Hayworth as the sexy nymphet, with Jose Ferrer as the corrupt minister who tries to "reform" her.
Sadie finds herself stranded while trying to get to a "gig", and gets caught up in the rabble of soldiers patrolling the South Pacific. A naive young officer (Aldo Ray) courts the girl while she is being tracked down by the sadistic minister, too weak to practice what he preaches.
This effort to transform the gritty moralistic ... Read More
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