The Story of Temple Drake (1933)

Name: The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
Duration: 1 h 10 min

1hr 10m

3.6/5 (902)

1hr 10m
3.6/5 (902)

A wealthy but neurotic Southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers. The gang's leader lusts after her, and is… More Details »

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Release Date:

Jan 1, 1933

Runtime:

1hr 10m

Synopsis

A wealthy but neurotic Southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers. The gang's leader lusts after her, and is determined not to let anything stand in the way of his having her.

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3.6

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3.6

Dec 1, 2025

Miriam Hopkins acting circles around EVERYONE. Genuinely one of the most haunting performances I’ve ever seen. Hailed as one of the driving forces for the hays code this definitely lives up to it’s reputation without being as graphic as one would except. Free in full to…

149 Likes

Anna🍓

Aug 30, 2020

Catholics writing the Hays Code watching this movie: “This one, this one right here officer.”

59 Likes

Jordon

Jan 30, 2026

After discovering the quite good pre-code drama “The Sin of Nora Moran” I felt the urge to revisit another, not dissimilar, movie from 1933, The Story of Temple Drake. This one is also economically told and quite effective. It runs just over 70 minutes, is very well-shot…

54 Likes

Gregor Kreyca
Feb 5, 2022

This movie should really be given the genre label of "horror." While watching I had a chill down my spine, and after watching I can't stop thinking about how disturbing this film can get. This film uses everything that the medium allows--effective framing, sound, and…

33 Likes

Pippin

Jan 3, 2020

Hopkins is very good and it benefits from been made so close to Faulkner's novel, the movie for all its attempts to tame down Sactuary to a releaseble form still allow her situation to be felt in a way a more prestige later version couldn't. It is a shame La Rue gangster is…

31 Likes

Filipe Furtado

Dec 4, 2025

This gave me flashbacks of Brett Kavanaugh's hearing.

23 Likes

꧁Aelswyth꧂
Sep 11, 2021

The very definition of a Powerhouse Performance. Miriam Hopkins sustained intensity is something to behold for the 2nd time.

21 Likes

Allan Arkush

Mar 17, 2020

Temple Drake: Fire Walk With Me

21 Likes

Juan A. Ramírez

May 9, 2017

Very risqué pre-Code film starring the very beautiful and talented Miriam Hopkins.

21 Likes

Emily