Sanctuary
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Bradford Dillman · Strother Martin · Odetta · Howard St. John · Jean Carson · William Mims · Harry Townes · Lee Remick · James Poe · Tony Richardson · William Faulkner · Reta Shaw · Yves Montand