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The Story of Temple Drake is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stephen Roberts and starring Miriam Hopkins and Jack La Rue. It tells the story of Temple Drake, a reckless woman in the American South who falls into the hands of a brutal gangster and rapist.
A pre-code drama based on William Faulkner's novel Sanctuary, starring Miriam Hopkins as a Southern belle who is raped and enslaved by a gangster. The film was controversial and banned in some states, and is now a rare and lost masterpiece.
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- Drama
- Stephen Roberts
- 1933-12
The Story of Temple Drake. 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.
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The Story of Temple Drake is a 1933 Pre-Code drama film adapted from the highly controversial novel Sanctuary by William Faulkner. Though watered down, the movie was still so scandalous, it was one of the reasons for the introduction of the Hays Code.
- Stephen Roberts
The Story of Temple Drake is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stephen Roberts and starring Miriam Hopkins and Jack La Rue. It tells the story of Temple Drake, a reckless woman in the American South who falls into the hands of a brutal gangster and rapist.
A hedonistic woman kills her rapist and admits to it during trial to save a man who is falsely accused.
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- Drama
A wealthy but neurotic Southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers.
