Sanctuary (1961)
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.
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Cast
Lee Remick
as Temple Drake
Lee Ann Remick (December 14, 1935 – July 2, 1991) was an American actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses, and for the 1966 Tony Awar...
Yves Montand
as Candy Man
Ivo Livi (13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), better known as Yves Montand, was an Italian-born French actor and singer. He is said to be one of France's greatest 20th-century artists.
Montand was bo...
Bradford Dillman
as Gowan Stevens
Bradford Dillman was an American stage, screen, and television actor, as well as an author starred in the taut crime drama Compulsion (1959). The lanky, dark-haired Dillman also played Robert Redford...
Harry Townes
as Ira Bobbitt
Harry Rhett Townes (September 18, 1914 – May 23, 2001) was an American television and movie actor.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Townes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of con...
Odetta
as Nancy Mannigoe
Director
Tony Richardson
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