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Sanctuary (1961)

1h 30m

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Sanctuary (1961)

Name: Sanctuary
Genre: Drama
Released: 1961-04-18

1h 30m

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April 18, 1961
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Plot.

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.

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Release Date
April 18, 1961

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 30m

Content Rating
NR

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-10

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Sanctuary is a 1961 drama film directed by Tony Richardson. The film, based on the William Faulkner novels Sanctuary (1931) and Requiem for a Nun (1951), is about the black maid of a white woman who kills the latter's newborn in order to give her employer a way out of a predicament, and then faces the death penalty.