The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961) on Netflix
In 1939, missionary nurse Rachel Cade arrives at a Belgian Congo hospital whose doctor has just died. Colonel Henri Derode falls in love with her; she loves a downed American pilot.
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Rachel Cade travels to the Belgian Congo in 1939 to work as a missionary nurse at a village hospital. The doctor who runs it, Dr. Bikel, dies of heart failure soon after her arrival, and she learns that the hospital has never treated a patient. She slowly wins the trust of the villagers by providing medical care and preaching the gospel. Colonel Henri Derode, the local government official, is distant with her at first and then becomes deeply attached to her. Rachel instead falls in love with Paul Wilton, an American doctor serving in the Royal Air Force, who is shot down and whom she treats as a patient.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
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- In September 1956, Stanley Rubin was set to produce the film in Africa with John Wayne, as part of a five-picture slate worth $12 million, and Katharine Hepburn was announced as a possible star before the lead was offered to Deborah Kerr.
- Carroll Baker was announced to star with Gordon Douglas directing, but she refused to make the movie and Warners gave the lead to Angie Dickinson, who had just made Rio Bravo and The Bramble Bush for the studio.
