Film

Band of Angels

1957 · 2h 5m · Romance · Drama · History

You're no blue blood any more, honey. The master bought you...and now he's waitin'!

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

60%

Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress.

Clark Gable

Hamish Bond

Yvonne De Carlo

Amantha Starr

Sidney Poitier

Rau-Ru

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Lt. Ethan Sears

Rex Reason

Capt. Seth Parton (Union officer)

Patric Knowles

Charles de Marigny

Torin Thatcher

Capt. Canavan

Andrea King

Miss Idell

Ray Teal

Mr. Calloway

Noreen Corcoran

Amantha as a child

William Forrest

Aaron Starr, Amantha's father

Tommie Moore

Dollie

Juanita Moore

Budge

Raymond Bailey

Mr. Stuart

Carolle Drake

Michele

Zelda Cleaver

Sukie

• Raoul WalshDirector
• Ben RobertsScreenplay
• Ivan GoffScreenplay
• John TwistScreenplay
• Robert Penn WarrenNovel
• Lucien BallardDirector of Photography
• Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
• Carl SigmanOriginal Music Composer
• Folmar BlangstedEditor

Band of Angels (1957) Official Trailer - Clark Gable, Sidney Poitier Movie HD

Release date

August 3, 1957

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 5m

Rated

12

Revenue

$2,500,000

Genres

Romance, Drama, History

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