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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.
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Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
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Lee Remick
Temple Drake
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Yves Montand
Candy Man
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Bradford Dillman
Gowan Stevens
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Harry Townes
Ira Bobbitt
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Odetta
Nancy Mannigoe
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Howard St. John
Governor Drake
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Jean Carson
Norma
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Strother Martin
Dog Boy
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Reta Shaw
Miss Reba
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William Mims
Lee
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Marge Redmond
Flossie (uncredited)
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Linden Chiles
Randy (uncredited)
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Kim Hector
Bucky Stevens (uncredited)
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Voltaire Perkins
Judge (uncredited)
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Robert Gothie
Gus (uncredited)
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Wyatt Cooper
Tommy (uncredited)
