Mandingo (1975)
June 6, 1975Release Date
Mandingo (1975)
June 6, 1975Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
James Mason
Warren Maxwell
Susan George
Blanche Maxwell
Perry King
Hammond Maxwell
Richard Ward
Agamemnon
Brenda Sykes
Ellen
Ken Norton
Mede
Lillian Hayman
Lucrezia Borgia
Roy Poole
Doc Redfield
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Cicero
Paul Benedict
Brownlee
Ben Masters
Charles Woodford
Richard Fleischer
Director
Ray Spruell
Wallace
Kyle Onstott
Writer
Louis Turenne
De Veve
Jack Kirkland
Writer
Duane Allen
Topaz
Norman Wexler
Writer
Earl Maynard
Babouin
Beatrice Winde
Lucy
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Maurice Jarre
Composer
Debbi Morgan
Dite
Richard H. Kline
Cinematographer
Irene Tedrow
Mrs. Redfield
Reda Wyatt
Big Pearl
Frank Bracht
Editor
Simone McQueen
Madam Caroline
Lynn Stalmaster
CastingDirector
Evelyn Hendrickson
Beatrix
Boris Leven
ProductionDesigner
Stanley J. Reyes
Major Woodford
John Barber
Le Toscan
Durwyn Robinson
Meg
Kerwin Robinson
Alph
Deborah Ann Young
Tense
Debra Blackwell
Blonde Girl
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Black Mother
Stocker Fontelieu
Wilson
Edwin Edwards
Gambler
Laura Misch Owens
Prostitute
Rosemary Tichenor
Slave-Buying Woman
Sylvester Stallone
Lynching Witness (uncredited)
Sugar Blymyer
Hairstylist
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Frederic W. Brost
First Assistant Director
Gary Daigler
Second Assistant Director
James Nelson
Sound Effects Editor
Donald C. Rogers
Sound Director
Joe Canutt
Stunt Coordinator
Calvin Maehl
Best Boy Electric
Stanley Neufeld
Post Production Supervisor
Alan Oliney
Stunt Coordinator / Stunts
Milton Lustig
Music Editor
John P. Austin
Set Decoration
William Randall
Production Sound Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 6, 1975
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 7m
Content RatingR
Filming LocationsNew Orleans, United States of America
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This Movie Is About.
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Mandingo is a 1975 American historical melodrama film that focuses on the Atlantic slave trade in the Antebellum South. The film's title refers to the mandinka people, who are referred to as "Mandingos", and described as being good slaves for fighting matches. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis for Paramount Pictures, the film was directed by Richard Fleischer. The screenplay, by Norman Wexler, was adapted from the 1957 novel Mandingo by Kyle Onstott, and the 1961 play Mandingo by Jack Kirkland (which is derived from the novel).
The film stars Perry King as Hammond, the son of cruel slave owner Warren Maxwell (James Mason). Hammond is known to rape the female slaves on his father's plantation, and his father orders him to marry a white woman to produce grandchildren with no black ancestry. Hammond marries Blanche (Susan George), his cousin, who becomes jealous that he pays more attention to his black lover Ellen (Brenda Sykes) than to his wife, leading Blanche to seduce the Mandingo fighting slave Mede (Ken Norton).
Mandingo received negative reviews upon release. However, retrospectively, the film's reception became much more favorable. It has been variously seen as a big-budget exploitation film made by a major studio, a serious film about American slavery, examining historical horrors committed against African Americans, or as a work of camp. It was a box office hit, and was followed by a sequel, Drum (1976), which starred Norton as a different character and Warren Oates as Hammond.