Sanctuary
Sanctuary
Release: 1961-04-18
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 4.6
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
20th Century Fox
Cast
Yves Montand
as Candy Man
Harry Townes
as Ira Bobbitt
Marge Redmond
as Flossie
Bradford Dillman
as Gowan Stevens
Odetta
as Nancy Mannigoe
Reta Shaw
as Miss Reba
Strother Martin
as Dog Boy
Howard St. John
as Gov. Drake
Jean Carson
as Norma
Linden Chiles
as Randy
Kim Hector
as Bucky Stevens
Lee Remick
as Temple Drake
