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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
Keywords
- bootlegger
- rape
- based on novel or book
- remake
- privileged life
- literary adaptation
- society girl
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Top Cast
Lee Remick as Temple Drake
Yves Montand as Candy Man
Bradford Dillman as Gowan Stevens
Harry Townes as Ira Bobbitt
Odetta as Nancy Mannigoe
Howard St. John as Governor Drake
Jean Carson as Norma
Strother Martin as Dog Boy
Top Crew
Tony Richardson · Director
James Poe · Screenplay
William Faulkner · Novel
Alex North · Composer
Ellsworth Fredericks · Cinematographer
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