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.
Key credits listed on this page include Lewis Milestone, Clemence Randolph, John Colton, W. Somerset Maugham, Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, Matt Moore, and Guy Kibbee.