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Status
Released
Release
1961
Runtime
1h 30m
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"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..."
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.
21 Cast Members
Lee Remick
Temple Drake
Yves Montand
Candy Man
Bradford Dillman
Gowan Stevens
Harry Townes
Ira Bobbitt
Odetta
Nancy Mannigoe
Howard St. John
Governor Drake
Jean Carson
Norma
Strother Martin
Dog Boy
Reta Shaw
Miss Reba
William Mims
Lee
Marge Redmond
Flossie (uncredited)
Jean Bartel
Swede (uncredited)
Hope Du Bois
Mamie (uncredited)
Pamela Raymond
Cora (uncredited)
Dona Lorenson
Connie (uncredited)
Enid Jones
Jackie (uncredited)
Linden Chiles
Randy (uncredited)
Kim Hector
Bucky Stevens (uncredited)
Voltaire Perkins
Judge (uncredited)
Robert Gothie
Gus (uncredited)
