Sanctuary

Sanctuary

90 mins | Drama | April 18, 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.

Sanctuary

90 mins | Drama | April 18, 1961

Sanctuary
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers 20th Century Fox, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Original title Sanctuary
Directors Tony Richardson
Writers Ruth Ford, William Faulkner, James Poe

Cast

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