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The story of Temple Drake [videorecording (DVD)].

Criterion Collection, Dec2019.

Rape victims -- Drama.

Prostitution -- Drama.

Criterion collection.

[videorecording (DVD)].

Loosely adapted from William Faulkner's novel "Sanctuary".

"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."--Container.

Gangster films.

Melodrama and tearjerker films.

Hopkins, Miriam, 1902-1972.

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