Sanctuary (1961)
1h 30m
Running Time
April 18, 1961Release Date
Sanctuary (1961)
1h 30m
Running Time
April 18, 1961Release Date
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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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Cast & Crew.
Lee Remick
Temple Drake
Yves Montand
Candy Man
Bradford Dillman
Gowan Stevens
Odetta
Nancy Mannigoe
Harry Townes
Ira Bobbitt
Howard St. John
Gov. Drake
Tony Richardson
Director
Ruth Ford
Writer
Jean Carson
Norma
James Poe
Writer
Reta Shaw
Miss Reba
William Faulkner
Writer
Strother Martin
Dog Boy
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
William Mims
Lee
Richard D. Zanuck
Producer
Marge Redmond
Flossie
Jean Bartel
Swede
Hope Du Bois
Mamie
Pamela Raymond
Cora
Dona Lorenson
Connie
Enid Jones
Jackie
Linden Chiles
Randy
Kim Hector
Bucky Stevens
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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.
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