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Sanctuary (1961)

ALL 04/18/1961 (en) Drama 90 Min
  • Release
    04/18/1961
  • Production
    Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
  • Rotten tomato
    53.33%
  • Original title
    Sanctuary
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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...

Overview

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.

  1. Tony Richardson

    Director

  2. Story



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Sanctuary (1961) 90 Min

ALL 04/18/1961 (en)
Drama
  • Release 04/18/1961
  • Production
    Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
  • Original title Sanctuary
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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...

Overview

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.

  1. Tony Richardson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Robert L. Simpson

    Editor

  4. Richard D. Zanuck, Darryl F. Zanuck

    Producer



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