Sadie McKee is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Clarence Brown, starring Joan Crawford, and featuring Gene Raymond, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold, and Esther Ralston. The film is based on the 1933 short story "Pretty Sadie McKee", by Viña Delmar. Crawford plays the title character, a young working girl suffering through three troubled relationships on her road to prosperity.Sadie McKee is the third of seven films Crawford and Franchot Tone made together.