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    The Story of Temple Drake

    1933 · Drama · 1h 10m

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  1. 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.

  2. The Story of Temple Drake: Directed by Stephen Roberts. With Miriam Hopkins, William Gargan, Jack La Rue, Florence Eldridge. A wealthy but neurotic Southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers.

    • (1.9K)
    • Crime, Drama
    • Stephen Roberts
    • 1933-12
  3. Based on William Faulkner's notorious novel (first published in 1931), it stars Miriam Hopkins as Temple Drake, the wild child granddaughter of a moralistic old judge (Sir Guy Standing) blind to her good time lifestyle and her attraction to reckless bad boys.

    • Stephen Roberts
    • Miriam Hopkins
  4. A hedonistic woman kills her rapist and admits to it during trial to save a man who is falsely accused. The film, directed by Stephen Roberts, is a progressive provocation riding...

    • (7)
    • Oscar Apfel
    • Stephen Roberts
    • Drama
  5. An incident with Trigger threatens to ruin Temple's reputation for good if word got out. When one of the bootleggers is murdered and another is accused of the crime, Stephen is assigned to defend him.

  6. 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.

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  8. Directed by Stephen Roberts. I CAN NEVER FACE THE WORLD AGAIN! The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence, and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely. Remove Ads. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.

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