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Mandingo
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6.6Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
Released: 1975-06-06127 minDir: Richard FleischerRomance, Drama, HistoryPart of: Mandingo Collection
Cast
- Perry King as Hammond Maxwell
- James Mason as Warren Maxwell
- Susan George as Blanche Woodford Maxwell
- Ken Norton as Mede (Ganymede)
- Richard Ward as Agamemnon
- Brenda Sykes as Ellen
Themes
- bare knuckle boxing
- slavery
- interracial relationship
- slave owner
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- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 239127
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- publication date
- 1980-08-30
- title
- Mandingo
- review score
- 29%
- Commons category
- Mandingo (1975 film)
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1970s historical drama films1970s melodrama films1975 American films1975 English-language films1975 filmsAmerican boxing filmsAmerican films based on playsAmerican historical drama filmsBlaxploitation filmsEnglish-language historical drama filmsFilms about American slaveryFilms about incestFilms about interracial romanceFilms based on adaptationsFilms based on American novelsFilms directed by Richard FleischerFilms produced by Dino De LaurentiisFilms scored by Maurice JarreFilms set in the 1840sFilms set on farmsFilms shot in New OrleansFilms with screenplays by Norman WexlerParamount Pictures filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date