Sanctuary
“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...”
5.1
1961
1h 30m
Drama
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.
Key Crew
Director
Tony Richardson
Producers
Darryl F. Zanuck
Richard D. Zanuck
Writers
James Poe
Cinematography
Ellsworth Fredericks
Music
Alex North
Cast (21)
Lee Remick
Temple Drake
Yves Montand
Candy Man
