Directed by:
Stephen RobertsCinematography:
Karl StrussCast:
Miriam Hopkins, William Gargan, Jack La Rue, Florence Eldridge, Guy Standing, Irving Pichel, Jobyna Howland, William Collier Jr., Elizabeth Patterson (more)Plots(1)
Loosely adapted from William Faulkner’s controversial novel Sanctuary, this notorious pre-Code melodrama stars Miriam Hopkins as Temple Drake, the coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge. When a boozehound date strands her at a bootleggers’ hideout, Temple is subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely. Steeped in southern-gothic shadows by influential cinematographer Karl Struss and shot through with moral ambiguity, The Story of Temple Drake is a harrowing vision of sin and salvation that boasts an astonishing lead performance from the fiery Hopkins, whose passage through the stations of terror, trauma, and redemption is a true tour de force of screen acting. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Miriam Hopkins
USA
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William Gargan
USA
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Jack La Rue
USA
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Florence Eldridge
USA
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Guy Standing
UK
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Irving Pichel
USA
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Jobyna Howland
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William Collier Jr.
USA
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Elizabeth Patterson
USA
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Louise Beavers
USA
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John Carradine
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Kent Taylor
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Frank Darien
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Oscar Apfel
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Harold Goodwin
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Henry Hall (a.f.)
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C.L. Sherwood
USA
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Grady Sutton
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