Mandingo (1975)

6.6/10 • 127 min • Romance Drama History

Overview

Warren 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.

Cast

Perry King

Hammond Maxwell

James Mason

Warren Maxwell

Susan George

Blanche Woodford Maxwell

Ken Norton

Mede (Ganymede)

Richard Ward

Agamemnon

Brenda Sykes

Ellen

Lillian Hayman

Lucrezia Borgia

Roy Poole

Doc Redfield

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Cicero

Paul Benedict

Brownlee

Ben Masters

Charles Woodford

Louis Turenne

De Veve

Earl Maynard

Babouin

Beatrice Winde

Lucy

Debbi Morgan

Dite

Irene Tedrow

Mrs. Redfield

Simon McQueen

Madam Caroline (as Simone McQueen)

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