William Faulkner's steamy tale set in the South in the 1920s. Governer's daughter is seduced and raped by a Cajun who returns after she's married to cause her further trouble.
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| Lee Remick | ... | Temple Drake | |
| Yves Montand | ... | Candy Man | |
| Bradford Dillman | ... | Gowan Stevens | |
| Harry Townes | ... | Ira Bobbitt | |
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Odetta | ... | Nancy Mannigoe |
| Howard St. John | ... | Governor Drake | |
| Jean Carson | ... | Norma | |
| Reta Shaw | ... | Miss Reba | |
| Strother Martin | ... | Dog Boy | |
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William Mims | ... | Lee |
| Marge Redmond | ... | Flossie | |
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Jean Bartel | ... | Swede |
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Hope Du Bois | ... | Mamie |
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Pamela Raymond | ... | Cora |
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Dona Lorenson | ... | Connie |
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William Faulkner's Deep South drama of tragedy and expose of a "proper" community riddled with moral decay to the household of a governor of Mississippi during the 1920's. The governor's cherished and properly married daughter makes an astonishing confession to the governor just before the execution of a household servant for the murder of the daughter's baby. Written by alfiehitchie
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The story of Temple Drake and Candy man, her Creole lover...who first taught her the ways of evil! See more »Genres:
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8 March 1961 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Confissão de Uma Pecadora See more »Filming Locations:
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Music by Alex North
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman (as Marilyn Keith)
Performed by Julie London
Trombone: Richard Nash (uncredited)
Guitar: Tommy Tedesco (uncredited)
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SanctuaryMusic by Alex North
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman (as Marilyn Keith)
Performed by Julie London
Trombone: Richard Nash (uncredited)
Guitar: Tommy Tedesco (uncredited)
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Other than the overt racism and sexual repression of the era when this movie was made, I cannot think of a single reason for the total rewrite of Faulkner's powerful novel about the seamy underside of life in the Depression era south. And to pin the murder on the nanny, WOW! The novel ends with the execution of a completely innocent man who refuses to defend himself for a set of very complex reasons. Perhaps the producers felt they had to "dumb it down" for a simple minded movie audience.