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Band of Angels

Band of Angels

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

19576.22h 5m

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.

Directed by Raoul Walsh
Written by Ben Roberts, Ivan Goff, Robert Penn Warren
Box Office0Revenue: $2.5M

Top 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

Themes & Keywords

plantationslaveslave tradebiracialsouthern belleamerican civil warslave ownerracial issuesdeep southpassing for whitewoman's story

About Band of Angels

Band of Angels is a romance, drama, history film released in 1957 exploring themes of plantation, slave, slave trade, biracial, southern belle, american civil war. Directed by Raoul Walsh, it stars Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier. 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.

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