The Sins of Rachel Cade

The Sins of Rachel Cade is a 1961 drama film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Angie Dickinson in the title role, as well as Peter Finch and Roger Moore who compete for her love. Plot During World War II, Protestant medical missionary Rachel comes to the village of Dibela in the Belgian Congo. Widowed military administrator Colonel Derode is initially skeptical about her work, but eventually is romantically attracted to Rachel. One of her patients is Paul Wilton, an American doctor with the Royal Air Force (RAF). She makes love with Paul the night before he is to leave, and becomes pregnant. Cast Angie Dickinson as Rachel Cade Peter Finch as Colonel Henry Derode Roger Moore as Paul Wilton Errol John as Kulu Woody Strode as Muwango Juano Hernández as Kalanumu Frederick O'Neal as Buderga Mary Wickes as Marie Grieux Scatman Crothers as Musinga Rafer Johnson as Kosongo Charles Wood as Mzimba Douglas Spencer as Doctor Bikel Background The film is loosely based on the 1956 novel by Charles Mercer, Rachel Cade, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons.