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Sanctuary

Movie"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..."
Audience Score
53
Sanctuary
NR 1 hr 30 minDrama
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.
StarringLee RemickYves MontandBradford Dillman
DirectorTony Richardson

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
Movie Tags:
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