Sanctuary (1961)
1h 30m
Running Time
April 18, 1961Release Date
Sanctuary (1961)
1h 30m
Running Time
April 18, 1961Release Date
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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Cast & Crew.
![Lee Remick](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8470-lee-remick.webp)
Lee Remick
Temple Drake
![Yves Montand](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/44195-yves-montand.webp)
Yves Montand
Candy Man
![Bradford Dillman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3551-bradford-dillman.webp)
Bradford Dillman
Gowan Stevens
![Odetta](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/459877-odetta.webp)
Odetta
Nancy Mannigoe
![Harry Townes](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/58176-harry-townes.webp)
Harry Townes
Ira Bobbitt
![Howard St. John](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/36044-howard-st-john.webp)
Howard St. John
Gov. Drake
![Tony Richardson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/40177-tony-richardson.webp)
Tony Richardson
Director
![Ruth Ford](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26380-ruth-ford.webp)
Ruth Ford
Writer
![Jean Carson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/45689-jean-carson.webp)
Jean Carson
Norma
![James Poe](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/173869-james-poe.webp)
James Poe
Writer
![Reta Shaw](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/19641-reta-shaw.webp)
Reta Shaw
Miss Reba
![William Faulkner](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/268399-william-faulkner.webp)
William Faulkner
Writer
![Strother Martin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9330-strother-martin.webp)
Strother Martin
Dog Boy
![Darryl F. Zanuck](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/88133-darryl-f-zanuck.webp)
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
![William Mims](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
William Mims
Lee
![Richard D. Zanuck](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/75603-richard-d-zanuck.webp)
Richard D. Zanuck
Producer
![Marge Redmond](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/40169-marge-redmond.webp)
Marge Redmond
Flossie
![Jean Bartel](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/459878-jean-bartel.webp)
Jean Bartel
Swede
![Hope Du Bois](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hope Du Bois
Mamie
![Pamela Raymond](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Pamela Raymond
Cora
![Dona Lorenson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dona Lorenson
Connie
![Enid Jones](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Enid Jones
Jackie
![Linden Chiles](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/64128-linden-chiles.webp)
Linden Chiles
Randy
![Kim Hector](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/459883-kim-hector.webp)
Kim Hector
Bucky Stevens
Media.
![Sanctuary](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/82045-sanctuary.webp)
Details.
Wiki.
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.