
Band of Angels (1957)
6.2|3 Aug, 1957|125 min
You're no blue blood any more, honey. The master bought you...and now he's waitin'!
6.2|3 Aug, 1957|125 min
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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.
Language
Budget--
Revenue $2,500,000
English
Budget--
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
Casts

Clark Gable
Hamish Bond

Yvonne De Carlo
Amantha Starr

Sidney Poitier
Rau-Ru

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Lt. Ethan Sears

Rex Reason
Capt. Seth Parton (Union officer)

Patric Knowles
Charles de Marigny

Torin Thatcher
Capt. Canavan

Andrea King
Miss Idell

Ray Teal
Mr. Calloway

Noreen Corcoran
Amantha as a child

William Forrest
Aaron Starr, Amantha's father
Tommie Moore
Dollie

Juanita Moore
Budge

Raymond Bailey
Mr. Stuart
Carolle Drake
Michele
Zelda Cleaver
Sukie

Larry J. Blake
Auctioneer
Russell Evans
Jimmee

Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Flower Vendor (Uncredited)
Crews
Robert Penn Warren
Novel

Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Ben Roberts
Screenplay

John Twist
Screenplay
Marjorie Best
Costume Design

Franz Bachelin
Art Direction
Folmar Blangsted
Editor

Raoul Walsh
Director
Ivan Goff
Screenplay

Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography
Carl Sigman
Original Music Composer
William Wallace
Set Decoration
Backdrops & Posters




