The Story of Temple Drake

The Story of Temple Drake

71 mins | Drama, Crime | May 6, 1933

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.

The Story of Temple Drake

71 mins | Drama, Crime | May 6, 1933

The Story of Temple Drake
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers
Original title The Story of Temple Drake
Directors Stephen Roberts
Writers Oliver H.P. Garrett, William Faulkner

Cast

Miriam Hopkins

as Temple Drake

William Gargan

as Stephen Benbow

Jack La Rue

as Trigger

Florence Eldridge

as Ruby Lemarr

Guy Standing

as Judge Drake

Irving Pichel

as Lee Goodwin

Jobyna Howland

as Miss Reba

William Collier Jr.

as Toddy Gowan

Elizabeth Patterson

as Aunt Jennie

James Eagles

as Tommy

Harlan Knight

as Pap

Jim Mason

as Van

Louise Beavers

as Minnie

Arthur Belasco

as Wharton

Oscar Apfel

as District Attorney (uncredited)

Clem Beauchamp

as Third Jellybean (uncredited)

John Carradine

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Frank Darien

as Gas Station Manager (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

as Second Jellybean / Rejected Suitor (uncredited)

Grady Sutton

as Bob (uncredited)

Kent Taylor

as First Jellybean (uncredited)