The read
A Balasaur Score of 59 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.1/10. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Tony RichardsonDirector
- James PoeScreenplay
- Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Lee RemickTemple Drake
- Yves MontandCandy Man
- Bradford DillmanGowan Stevens
- Harry TownesIra Bobbitt
- OdettaNancy Mannigoe
- Howard St. JohnGovernor Drake
- Jean CarsonNorma
- Strother MartinDog Boy
- Reta ShawMiss Reba
- William MimsLee
- Marge RedmondFlossie (uncredited)
- Jean BartelSwede (uncredited)
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Themes
bootleggerrapebased on novel or bookremakeprivileged lifeliterary adaptationsociety girl