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...

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.

• Release date
• April 18, 1961
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Tony Richardson

Cast

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