Sanctuary

Name: Sanctuary
Director: Tony Richardson
Genre: Drama
Released: 1961-03-08
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Lee Remick, Bradford Dillman, Yves Montand, Harry Townes

IMDb link: 0055402
IMDb rating: 6.1 (396 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Lee Remick, Bradford Dillman, Yves Montand, Harry Townes and others

Release date: 8 Mar 1961
Release year: 1961
Runtime: 90 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: 1920s, african american, brothel, maid, new orleans louisiana, governor, infant death, murder, roadster, car accident

Plot:

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.

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