The Sins of Rachel Cade

The Sins of Rachel Cade is a 1961 American 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.

[1] 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.

[6] In October Dozier said the film would be one of fifteen RKO would make the following year, others including Stage Struck, Bangkok, Ten Days in August, Three Empty Rooms, Affair in Portifino, Sex and Miss McAdoo, Pakistan, Galveston, On My Honor, The Naked and the Dead, Cash MCad, Far Alert, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Curtain Going Up.

However Baker 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.