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Release Date:
23 December 1953 (USA)
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Tagline:
RITA TURNS ON THE HEAT IN 3D (original print ad - all caps) more
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At a lonely military outpost on American Samoa, sticky heat alternates with torrential rain. A ship quarantine strands here Sadie Thompson...
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Nominated for Oscar.
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Religious hypocrisy in 3-D, whoopee
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Rita Hayworth | ... | Sadie Thompson | |
| José Ferrer | ... | Alfred Davidson (as Jose Ferrer) | |
| Aldo Ray | ... | Sgt. Phil O'Hara | |
| Russell Collins | ... | Dr. Robert MacPhail | |
| Diosa Costello | ... | Ameena Horn | |
| Harry Bellaver | ... | Joe Horn | |
| Wilton Graff | ... | Governor | |
| Peggy Converse | ... | Mrs. Margaret Davidson | |
| Henry Slate | ... | Pvt. Griggs | |
| Rudy Bond | ... | Pvt. Hodges | |
| Charles Bronson | ... | Pvt. Edwards (as Charles Buchinsky) | |
| Frances Morris | ... | Mrs. MacPhail | |
| Peter Chong | ... | Chung | |
| John Grossett | ... | Preacher |
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Rain (USA) (working title)
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91 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.75 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:12 (DVD rating) (2005) |
UK:A (original rating) (1954) (cut) |
Australia:M (original rating) |
Australia:PG (cable rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:Approved (PCA #16538, Adult Audience) |
West Germany:16
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Aldo Ray sits in a hut with natives, trying to find a place for Rita Hayworth in the village. The language used is Samoan. The native says, "Leai se potu," meaning "no room." Ray replies politely but then ends the conversation with, "Alu," which doesn't mean "good-bye" but rather something like, "Get out of here." It's what Samoans say when they shoo animals away from the food or chase children out of the house.
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Continuity: Sergeant O'Hara's shirt is wet with sweat as he leaves the radio tent but dry as he exits.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Rita Hayworth: The Columbia Lady (2000) (V)
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Soundtrack:
THE HEAT IS ON
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| why didn't she go to Australia? | doro99 |
| Strange movie doesn't know what it is | mozartmessiah |
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Imagine Pat Robertson pointing his boney crazy fingers out of the screen at you and you've got the picture.
Just saw this at the World 3-D Film Expo and it was quite enjoyable. The movie has great depth and wasn't filmed in a really gimmicky 3-D style. The transitions between location and sound stage work was fairly seamless and there were scenes I really wasn't certain if they were shot in Hollywood or the South Pacific.
It's always interesting to stumble on old movies like these that resonate more than 50 years later. How much and how little has changed when it comes to religious zealots...hhmmm?