Mandingo (1975) - DaaVeeDee

Mandingo (1975) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
127 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1975 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Richard Fleischer

Written By:
Kyle Onstott
Jack Kirkland

Actors:
James Mason ..... Warren Maxwell
Susan George ..... Blanche
Perry King ..... Hammond Maxwell
Richard Ward ..... Agamemnon
Brenda Sykes ..... Ellen
Ken Norton ..... Mede
Lillian Hayman ..... Lucrezia Borgia
Roy Poole ..... Doc Redfield
Ji-Tu Cumbuka ..... Cicero
Ben Masters ..... Charles
Paul Benedict ..... Brownlee
Ray Spruell ..... Wallace
Louis Turenne ..... De Veve
Duane Allen ..... Topaz
Beatrice Winde ..... Lucy

Synopsis:

Slave owner Warren Maxwell insists that his son, Hammond, who is busy bedding the slaves he buys, marry a white woman and father him a son. While in New Orleans, he picks up a wife, Blanche, a 'bed wench,' Ellen, and a Mandingo slave, Mede, whom he trains to be a bare-knuckle fighting champion. Angered that Hammond is spending too much time with his slaves, Blanche beds down Mede.

Richard Fleischer directed this lurid historical drama based on the novel by Kyle Onstott. The story begins on a run-down plantation lorded over by Warren Maxwell (James Mason) and his son Hammond (Perry King). Hammond travels to New Orleans where he buys a top-of-the-line slave, Mede (Ken Norton), at an auction. Hammond is proud of his purchase, hoping to bring in money by training Mede to fight his other slaves. Hammond returns with Mede to the plantation, where he has to contend with his sex-crazed wife Blanche (Susan George). Hammond looks upon Blanche as damaged goods since he discovered her to not be a virgin on their wedding night. Instead, Hammond prefers erotic pursuits with his slave Ellen (Brenda Sykes). Blanche licks her lips at the sight of Mede, and seduces him to get revenge on her husband. Blanche soon becomes pregnant and gives birth to a half-black baby. Enraged, Hammond comes after Blanche, poisons her, and then the child bleed to death before going after Mede.

A slave owner in the 1840s trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.

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