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Release Date:
25 July 1975 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Expect The Savage. The Sensual. The Shocking. The Sad. The Powerful. The Shameful. Expect The Truth.
Plot:
A slave owner in the 1840s trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Mandingo
 (From The AV Club. 24 June 2008, 9:02 PM, PDT)

Director Richard Fleischer Dies at 89
 (From WENN. 24 March 2006)

User Comments:
the movie is excellent and mind-opening. good acting. real. more (48 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Mason ... Warren Maxwell
Susan George ... Blanche Maxwell

Perry King ... Hammond Maxwell
Richard Ward ... Agamemnon
Brenda Sykes ... Ellen
Ken Norton ... Mede
Lillian Hayman ... Lucrezia Borgia
Roy Poole ... Doc Redfield
Ji-Tu Cumbuka ... Cicero
Ben Masters ... Charles
Paul Benedict ... Brownlee
Ray Spruell ... Wallace
Louis Turenne ... De Veve
Duane Allen ... Topaz
Beatrice Winde ... Lucy
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Additional Details

Runtime:
127 min
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Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | France:-16 | West Germany:18 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 (video rating) | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) (cut) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | USA:R

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Edwin W. Edwards (Governor of Louisiana at the time) was cast as a gambler and several scenes were filmed but excised before release. Upon the advice of public relations staff, Edwards decided the potential damage to his public image when the salacious content of the film was revealed would be too great. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During Mede's first fight in the city, he and his opponent are wrestling on the grass. When they roll over the floor, the grass is moving like a slipping carpet would, revealing it to be a sheet of artificial green, probably lying on the floor of a sound stage. more
Quotes:
Mede: I thought you was better than the white man, Masta. But you is just white! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Phat Girlz (2006) more

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10 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
the movie is excellent and mind-opening. good acting. real., 25 March 2006
10/10
Author: bombblasts from Maryland, USA

I think this movie is not only entertaining but lends a look into the past present and future. those who have not seen it are missing a lot. It should be on DVD. why isn't it???? when you go to the large medium or small stores that sale or rent movies, ou see this large selection of movies to buy or rent. so many of them are unknown junk. somebody's making sure that they are available. It's ridiculous. However, try to find MANDINGO, no luck. I have it on video tape. I purchased it severa years ao. And I watch it now and then. I still enjoy seeing it because I constantly discovering thing in the movie that I didn't see previously. And that's fun! Someone with some power or authority should do something about that , and GET IT ON DVD...DVD...DVD !!!!!!

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