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.


Sanctuary (1961)
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...
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Lee Remick
Temple Drake

Yves Montand
Candy Man

Bradford Dillman
Gowan Stevens

Harry Townes
Ira Bobbitt

Odetta
Nancy Mannigoe

Howard St. John
Gov. Drake

Jean Carson
Norma

Reta Shaw
Miss Reba

Strother Martin
Dog Boy