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66% Critic Match
Mandingo
“Expect The Savage. The Sensual. The Shocking. The Sad. The Powerful. The Shameful. Expect The Truth.”
6.6 / 10• 1975• 2h 7m•R• English
RomanceDramaHistory
Storyline
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 & Crew
Perry King
Hammond Maxwell
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Fleischer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Mandingo is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
