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Temple Drake est un personnage du roman Sanctuaire publié en 1931 par William Faulkner. Elle tombe involontairement dans les mains d'un bootlegger nommé Popeye qui la kidnappe et l'embarque dans un bordel de Memphis. Dans le roman, il est suggéré qu'elle est violée avec un épi de maïs.en:Sanctuary (novel)#Major characters
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The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
, 1h10Directed by Stephen Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Miriam Hopkins, Jack La Rue, William Gargan, Irving Pichel, Elizabeth Patterson, Guy Standing
Rating70%
Temple Drake, a frivolous young woman from a prominent Mississippi family, is raped and forced into prostitution by Trigger, a backwoods bootlegger, after Trigger shoots and kills a boy who tries to protect her. Another backwoodsman is charged with the murder. When Temple tries to leave Trigger, he becomes angry and is apparently about to assault her, so she grabs his pistol and shoots him, then flees back home to her family. An idealistic lawyer eventually persuades Temple to tell the truth about the first murder on the witness stand and save the defendant's life, even though her testimony will disgrace herself. According to Pre-Code scholar Thomas Doherty, the film implies that the deeds done to her are in recompense for her immorality.