The Story of Temple Drake

Overview

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.

Directed by Stephen Roberts

Top cast

Miriam Hopkins

Temple Drake

William Gargan

Stephen Benbow

Jack La Rue

Trigger

Florence Eldridge

Ruby Lemarr

Guy Standing

Judge Drake

Irving Pichel

Lee Goodwin

Jobyna Howland

Miss Reba

William Collier Jr.

Toddy Gowan

Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Jennie

J

James Eagles

Tommy

H

Harlan Knight

Pap

James Pier Mason

Van

L

Louise Beavers

Minnie

A

Arthur Belasco

Wharton

Oscar Apfel

District Attorney (uncredited)

Clem Beauchamp

Third Jellybean (uncredited)

John Carradine

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Frank Darien

Gas Station Manager (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Second Jellybean / Rejected Suitor (uncredited)

Grady Sutton

Bob (uncredited)

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