Band of Angels (1957)
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.
Band of AngelsRomance, Drama, History
Cast
- Clark Gable — Hamish Bond
- Yvonne De Carlo — Amantha Starr
- Sidney Poitier — Rau-Ru
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr. — Lt. Ethan Sears
- Rex Reason — Capt. Seth Parton (Union officer)
- Patric Knowles — Charles de Marigny
- Torin Thatcher — Capt. Canavan
- Andrea King — Miss Idell
- Ray Teal — Mr. Calloway
- Noreen Corcoran — Amantha as a child
- William Forrest — Aaron Starr, Amantha's father
- Tommie Moore — Dollie
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