Sanctuary

Sanctuary

5.4 1961 | 90 min

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.

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"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..."

Released

April 18, 1961

Popularity

1.8

PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
COUNTRY & LANGUAGE

Production Countries:

United States of America

Spoken Languages:

English
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