Movie: Sanctuary

Top 10 Billed Cast

Lee Remick
Lee Remick

Temple Drake

Yves Montand
Yves Montand

Candy Man

Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman

Gowan Stevens

Harry Townes
Harry Townes

Ira Bobbitt

Odetta
Odetta

Nancy Mannigoe

Howard St. John
Howard St. John

Gov. Drake

Jean Carson
Jean Carson

Norma

Reta Shaw
Reta Shaw

Miss Reba

Strother Martin
Strother Martin

Dog Boy

William Mims
William Mims

Lee

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1961-04-18

  • Average

    5.417

  • Rating:

    2.7 starts
  • 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...

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    English
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