Drama · United States of America · 1961 · 1h 30m

Sanctuary

Director

Cast

Lee Remick as Temple Drake Yves Montand as Candy Man Bradford Dillman as Gowan Stevens Harry Townes as Ira Bobbitt Odetta as Nancy Mannigoe Howard St. John as Gov. Drake

Crew

Ellsworth Fredericks — Director of Photography Robert L. Simpson — Editor Alex North — Original Music Composer James Poe — Screenplay William Faulkner — Novel Darryl F. Zanuck — Producer

Tagline

From the Nobel Prize winner...the unadorned truth about the governor's daughter...seared by the fires of her desperate desires...tormented by the new-found emotions within her...

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

bootlegger rape based on novel or book remake privileged life literary adaptation society girl

Key Collaborators

Tony Richardson Director Ellsworth Fredericks Director of Photography Robert L. Simpson Editor Alex North Original Music Composer James Poe Screenplay William Faulkner Novel Darryl F. Zanuck Producer Richard D. Zanuck Producer Donfeld Costume Design

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