• Director(s)

    Curtis Bernhardt

  • Production Year

    1953

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Musical

  • Approx. running minutes

    90m

  • Cast

    Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, Aldo Ray

Film

Miss Sadie Thompson

sexual violence, moderate sex references

MISS SADIE THOMPSON is a 1953 US musical drama in which a missionary in American Samoa is upset by the arrival of a woman he suspects of being a former sex worker.…

MISS SADIE THOMPSON is a 1953 US musical drama in which a missionary in American Samoa is upset by the arrival of a woman he suspects of being a former sex worker.

sex
There are moderate references to a woman having supposedly worked as a ‘prostitute’. After learning of her alleged past, her fiance breaks off their engagement, calling her ‘dirty’ and complaining about 'all the guys who had their hands on [her]'.; however, he later apologises for his reaction. In other scenes we see mildly sexualised pictures of scantily-clad pin-up models on the walls of a bar.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man corners a woman alone in her room, then grabs her and drags her to the floor as she protests and struggles. It is implied that he rapes her off screen, although subsequent verbal references to the incident are brief and very discreet.
A white American missionary claims that it is his duty to ‘raise the moral standards’ of American Samoan ‘natives’, but his views are not supported by the film as a whole. Another scene contains a casual use of the outdated term ‘chinaman’. A man shouts aggressively at his fiancee during an argument and smashes some of her possessions. There are undetailed verbal references to a person having taken their own life off screen. Mild bad language includes ‘harlot’ and ‘tramp’. There are also frequent scenes of smoking, reflecting the era in which the film was made.

  • Director(s)

    Curtis Bernhardt

  • Production Year

    1953

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Musical

  • Approx. running minutes

    90m

  • Cast

    Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, Aldo Ray

Classified Date:
26/02/1954
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Picture Corp. Ltd
sexual violence, moderate sex references
Classified Date:
02/05/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
SPHE VOD
sex
There are moderate references to a woman having supposedly worked as a ‘prostitute’. After learning of her alleged past, her fiance breaks off their engagement, calling her ‘dirty’ and complaining about 'all the guys who had their hands on [her]'.; however, he later apologises for his reaction. In other scenes we see mildly sexualised pictures of scantily-clad pin-up models on the walls of a bar.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man corners a woman alone in her room, then grabs her and drags her to the floor as she protests and struggles. It is implied that he rapes her off screen, although subsequent verbal references to the incident are brief and very discreet.
A white American missionary claims that it is his duty to ‘raise the moral standards’ of American Samoan ‘natives’, but his views are not supported by the film as a whole. Another scene contains a casual use of the outdated term ‘chinaman’. A man shouts aggressively at his fiancee during an argument and smashes some of her possessions. There are undetailed verbal references to a person having taken their own life off screen. Mild bad language includes ‘harlot’ and ‘tramp’. There are also frequent scenes of smoking, reflecting the era in which the film was made.

  • Classified date

    02/05/2024

  • Language

    English