Sanctuary
“From the Nobel Prize winner...the unadorned truth about the governor's daughter...seared by the fires of her desperate desires...tormented by the new-found emotions within her...”
In 1920s rural Mississippi, Nancy Mannigoe, an African-American servant, is placed on death row for the murder of Temple Drake's infant child. Temple, the daughter of the governor, pleads with her father to exonerate Nancy of the charges, explaining that Nancy acted in haste to prevent her from resuming her affair with a roguish Cajun called Candy Man. Details of Temple's sordid past are uncovered as she begs mercy for her faithful servant.
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast
Lee Remick
Temple Drake
Yves Montand
Candy Man
Bradford Dillman
Gowan Stevens
Harry Townes
Ira Bobbitt
Odetta
Nancy Mannigoe
Howard St. John
Governor Drake
Jean Carson
Norma
Strother Martin
Dog Boy
Reta Shaw
Miss Reba
William Mims
Lee
Marge Redmond
Flossie (uncredited)
Jean Bartel
Swede (uncredited)
Hope Du Bois
Mamie (uncredited)
Pamela Raymond
Cora (uncredited)
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Details
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release
- Apr 18, 1961
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studios
- Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Director
- Tony Richardson