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...
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- Drama
Overview
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.
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- rape
- remake
- literary adaptation
- bootlegger
- privileged life
- society girl
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 18, 1961
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox,Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
- Cast
- Lee Remick,Yves Montand,Bradford Dillman,Harry Townes,Odetta,Howard St. John,Jean Carson,Strother Martin,Reta Shaw,William Mimsand 11 more
- Director
- Tony Richardson
- Producer
- Darryl F. Zanuck,Richard D. Zanuck
- Cinematography
- Ellsworth Fredericks
- Music
- Alex North
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0055402