Sanctuary

Movie"From the Nobel Prize winnerthe unadorned truth about the governors daughterseared by the fires of her desperate desirestormented by the newfound emotions within her"
Audience Score
65
Sanctuary
NR 1 hr 30 minDrama
In 1920s rural Mississippi Nancy Mannigoe an AfricanAmerican servant is placed on death row for the murder of Temple Drakes 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 Temples 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:
based on novel or bookremakerapeliterary adaptationbootleggerprivileged lifesociety girl