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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...
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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
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
Marge RedmondFlossie (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Director
- Tony Richardson
- Screenplay
- James Poe
- Producer
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- Producer
- Richard D. Zanuck
- Editor
- Robert L. Simpson
- Director of Photography
- Ellsworth Fredericks
- Original Music Composer
- Alex North