Band of Angels

Band of Angels (1957)

03/08/1957
Romance, Drama, History
2h 5m

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

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.

  • Raoul WalshDirector
  • Ben RobertsScreenplay
  • Ivan GoffScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Revenue

    $2,500,000

Keywords

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

Top Billed Cast

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Hamish Bond

Yvonne De Carlo

Yvonne De Carlo

Amantha Starr

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Rau-Ru

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Lt. Ethan Sears

Rex Reason

Rex Reason

Capt. Seth Parton (Union officer)

Patric Knowles

Patric Knowles

Charles de Marigny

Torin Thatcher

Torin Thatcher

Capt. Canavan

Andrea King

Andrea King

Miss Idell

Ray Teal

Ray Teal

Mr. Calloway

Noreen Corcoran

Noreen Corcoran

Amantha as a child

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