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Band of Angels

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Band of Angels
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2hrs 5min
Genres:
Action,Drama
Release:
1957
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier  ...more
Synopsis: Based on a novel by Robert Penn Warren, this Southern potboiler stars Yvonne DeCarlo as Amantha Starr, the daughter of a wealthy Louisiana plantation owner. When her father unexpectedly dies, Amantha discovers that her father was deep in debt and the family is penniless, and she is forced to drop out of the exclusive girls' school she was attending. What's more, it is discovered that Amantha has a small amount of African-American blood, and under the laws she is to be sold into slavery in New Orleans. ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Gilliam, AMG Review
A toned-down version of Robert Penn Warren's accusatory novel of plantation slavery, miscegenation, and black empowerment, Band of Angels nonetheless generated significant controversy upon its release. In the hands of studio veteran Raoul Walsh, the story is more a costume melodrama than a socio-political treatise. Fortunately, it's a well-mounted historical melodrama, with Lucien Ballard's cinematography ... Full Review
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Clark Gable
Hamish Bond
Yvonne De Carlo
Amantha Starr
Sidney Poitier
RauRu
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Ethan Sears
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