Band of Angels

Aug 3, 1957

2h 5m

★ 6.2

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

Band of Angels Trailers

Cast

Hamish Bond

Clark Gable

Amantha Starr

Yvonne De Carlo

Rau-Ru

Sidney Poitier

Lt. Ethan Sears

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Capt. Seth Parton (Union officer)

Rex Reason

Charles de Marigny

Patric Knowles

Capt. Canavan

Torin Thatcher

Miss Idell

Andrea King

Mr. Calloway

Ray Teal

Amantha as a child

Noreen Corcoran

Aaron Starr, Amantha's father

William Forrest

Dollie

Tommie Moore

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