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Sanctuary (1961)
Directed by Tony Richardson
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.
Rated NR | Length 90 minutes
Actors
Lee Remick | Yves Montand | Howard St. John | Reta Shaw | Strother Martin | Bradford Dillman | Harry Townes | Marge Redmond | Jean Carson | Linden Chiles | William Mims | Pamela Raymond | Wyatt Cooper | Odetta | Robert Gothie | Jean Bartel | Voltaire Perkins | Hope Du Bois | Dona Lorenson | Enid Jones | Kim Hector