Rain

1932 · directed by Lewis Milestone

Rating
77/100
Hit
no

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.

Rain (1932), directed by Lewis Milestone, rates 77/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Joan Crawford
  • Walter Huston
  • Matt Moore
  • Guy Kibbee
  • William Gargan
  • Beulah Bondi
  • Kendall Lee
  • Fred Howard
  • Ben Hendricks Jr.
  • Mary Shaw

Crew

  • Oliver T. Marsh — Director of Photography
  • Duncan Mansfield — Editor
  • Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer
  • Maxwell Anderson — Screenplay

More from Lewis Milestone

  1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) — 98/100 · hit
  2. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) — 84/100 · hit
  3. Of Mice and Men (1939) — 83/100 · hit
  4. Pork Chop Hill (1959) — 76/100
  5. The Front Page (1931) — 72/100
  6. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) — 67/100

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