Plot Summary
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.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Sanctuary
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- en
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Cast
Lee Remick
Temple Drake
Yves Montand
Candy Man
Bradford Dillman
Gowan Stevens
Harry Townes
Ira Bobbitt
Odetta
Nancy Mannigoe
Howard St. John
Gov. Drake
Jean Carson
Norma
Reta Shaw
Miss Reba
Strother Martin
Dog Boy
William Mims
Lee
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
Voltaire Perkins
Judge
Robert Gothie
Gus
Production Companies
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
20th Century Fox
