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Sanctuary (1961)

Sanctuary (1961)

Drama

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...

Release Date: 1961, April 18
Directors: Tony Richardson
Countries: United States of America
Production: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox
Cast: Strother Martin, Reta Shaw, Lee Remick, Kim Hector, Bradford Dillman, William Mims, Howard St. John, Linden Chiles, Marge Redmond, Voltaire Perkins, Jean Carson, Yves Montand

Overview:

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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