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Band of Angels

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Band of Angels

Aug 3, 1957

2h 5m

★ 6.3

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.

Genres

Romance

Drama

History

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

Clark Gable

Hamish Bond

Clark Gable

Yvonne De Carlo

Amantha Starr

Yvonne De Carlo

Sidney Poitier

Rau-Ru

Sidney Poitier

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Lt. Ethan Sears

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Rex Reason

Capt. Seth Parton (Union officer)

Rex Reason

Patric Knowles

Charles de Marigny

Patric Knowles

Torin Thatcher

Capt. Canavan

Torin Thatcher

Andrea King

Miss Idell

Andrea King

Ray Teal

Mr. Calloway

Ray Teal

Noreen Corcoran

Amantha as a child

Noreen Corcoran

William Forrest

Aaron Starr, Amantha's father

William Forrest

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Dollie

Tommie Moore

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