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Band of Angels(1957)
Status: Released
Date: 1957-08-03
62%
42 Votes
Time: 2h 5m
You're no blue blood any more, honey. The master bought you...and now he's waitin'!
Overview:
Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Revenue: $2,500,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Band of Angels
Top 10 Billed Cast
Clark Gable
Hamish Bond
Yvonne De Carlo
Amantha Starr
Sidney Poitier
Rau-Ru
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Lt. Ethan Sears
Rex Reason
Capt. Seth Parton (Union officer)
Patric Knowles
Charles de Marigny
Torin Thatcher
Capt. Canavan
Andrea King
Miss Idell
Ray Teal
Mr. Calloway
Noreen Corcoran
Amantha as a child
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