Film

Sanctuary

1961 · 1h 30m · Drama

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...

IMDb

6.1

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.

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

Reta Shaw

Miss Reba

William Mims

Lee

Marge Redmond

Flossie (uncredited)

Jean Bartel

Swede (uncredited)

Hope Du Bois

Mamie (uncredited)

Pamela Raymond

Cora (uncredited)

Dona Lorenson

Connie (uncredited)

Enid Jones

Jackie (uncredited)

• Tony RichardsonDirector
• James PoeScreenplay
• William FaulknerNovel
• Darryl F. ZanuckProducer
• Richard D. ZanuckProducer
• Ellsworth FredericksDirector of Photography
• Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer
• Robert L. SimpsonEditor

Release date

April 18, 1961

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama

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