Sanctuary

Sanctuary (1961)

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...

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1961-04-18
  • User Rating: 5.4/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Tony Richardson
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Summary

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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  • Lee Remick

    as Temple Drake
  • Yves Montand

    as Candy Man
  • Bradford Dillman

    as Gowan Stevens
  • Harry Townes

    as Ira Bobbitt
  • Odetta

    as Nancy Mannigoe
  • Howard St. John

    as Gov. Drake
  • Jean Carson

    as Norma
  • Reta Shaw

    as Miss Reba
  • Strother Martin

    as Dog Boy
  • William Mims

    as Lee
  • Marge Redmond

    as Flossie
  • Jean Bartel

    as Swede
  • Hope Du Bois

    as Mamie
  • Pamela Raymond

    as Cora
  • Dona Lorenson

    as Connie
  • Enid Jones

    as Jackie
  • Linden Chiles

    as Randy
  • Kim Hector

    as Bucky Stevens
  • Voltaire Perkins

    as Judge
  • Robert Gothie

    as Gus
  • Wyatt Cooper

    as Tommy
Directing Tony Richardson Director
Writing Ruth Ford Adaptation
Writing James Poe Screenplay
Production Darryl F. Zanuck Producer
Production Richard D. Zanuck Producer
Sound Alex North Music
Editing Robert L. Simpson Editor
Art Duncan Cramer Art Direction
Art Jack Martin Smith Art Direction
Art Fred M. MacLean Set Decoration
Art Walter M. Scott Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Donfeld Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Ben Nye Jr. Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Helen Turpin Hairstylist
Camera Ellsworth Fredericks Director of Photography
Writing William Faulkner Novel

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