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Band of Angels (1957)

Band of Angels (1957)

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You're no blue blood any more, honey. The master bought you...and now he's waitin'!

Release Date: 1957, August 3
Directors: Raoul Walsh
Countries: United States of America
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Yvonne De Carlo, Clark Gable, Ray Teal, Torin Thatcher, Larry J. Blake, Sidney Poitier, Raymond Bailey, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Madame Sul-Te-Wan, William Forrest, Patric Knowles, Juanita Moore

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.

Keywords:

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