Sanctuary
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“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.
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Lee Remick
Temple Drake
Known for
The Omen
Anatomy of a Murder
Yves Montand
Candy Man
Known for
The Wages of Fear
Z
Bradford Dillman
Gowan Stevens
Known for
Piranha
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Harry Townes
Ira Bobbitt
Known for
The Blue Max
The Warrior and the Sorceress
Odetta
Nancy Mannigoe
Also in
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Have Gun, Will Travel
Howard St. John
Governor Drake
Known for
Strangers on a Train
One, Two, Three
Jean Carson
Norma
Known for
The Party
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Strother Martin
Dog Boy
Known for
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Slap Shot
Reta Shaw
Miss Reba
Known for
Mary Poppins
Escape to Witch Mountain
William Mims
Lee
Known for
The Children's Hour
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Marge Redmond
Flossie (uncredited)
Known for
Manhattan Murder Mystery
The Fortune Cookie
Jean Bartel
Swede (uncredited)
Also in
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
Perry Mason
Tony Richardson Director · James Poe Screenplay William Faulkner Author
United States release February 21, 1961 · Produced in United States · Production 20th Century Fox
Production
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 21, 1961
Premiere
Germany
April 18, 1961 · Theatrical
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