Sanctuary (1961)
• April 18th, 1961 • 1h 30min
Drama
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Tin Drum
Released on: 1979-05-02
Drama, History, War
Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his m...
Ben-Hur
Released on: 1959-11-18
History, Drama, Adventure, Action
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...
Contact
Released on: 1997-07-11
Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the ...
Dead Man Walking
Released on: 1995-12-29
Drama
A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his schedul...
The Bridges of Madison County
Released on: 1995-06-02
Drama, Romance
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in th...
Manhattan
Released on: 1979-04-25
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further ...
A Streetcar Named Desire
Released on: 1951-09-19
Drama, Thriller
A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with ...
Finding Forrester
Released on: 2000-12-21
Drama, History
Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents w...
Murder She Said
Released on: 1961-09-26
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence...
Murder at the Gallop
Released on: 1963-06-24
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby...
Murder Most Foul
Released on: 1964-03-01
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she ...
GoodFellas
Released on: 1990-09-12
Drama, Crime
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourho...
Gone with the Wind
Released on: 1939-12-15
Drama, War, Romance
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical prof...
She's Got No Name
Released on: 2024-05-24
Drama, Crime
Set in a bustling alleyway during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in the 1940s, the film centres...
Toby
Released on: 2023-08-25
Action, Thriller, Mystery, Drama
An estranged man deemed to be a beast vows to break free from the evil world and transform himself f...
Jackie Brown
Released on: 1997-12-25
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country ...
The Name of the Rose
Released on: 1986-09-24
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to f...
The Wages of Fear
Released on: 1953-04-22
Drama, Thriller, Adventure
In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into ...
Volver
Released on: 2006-03-17
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three generations of women survive the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition and even death by mea...
East of Eden
Released on: 1955-04-10
Drama
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelmin...