Band of Angels

Name: Band of Angels
Genre: Romance, Drama, History
Released: 03 Aug 1957
Rating: 6.20
Cast: Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Rex Reason

You're no blue blood any more, honey. The master bought you...and now he's waitin'! 1957-08-03 United States of America 125 minutes.

6.20 42 votes

Romance Drama History plantation slave slave trade biracial southern belle american civil war slave owner racial issues deep south passing for white woman's story

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Overview

Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress.

Year 1957

Studio Warner Bros. Pictures

Director Raoul Walsh

Crew Ben Roberts (Screenplay), Marjorie Best (Costume Design), Ivan Goff (Screenplay), Raoul Walsh (Director), Max Steiner (Original Music Composer), Robert Penn Warren (Novel)

Popularity 5

Language English