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Mandingo is a 1975 American historical melodrama film that focuses on the Atlantic slave trade in the Antebellum South. The film's title refers to the Mandinka people, who are referred to as "Mandingos", and described as being good slaves for fighting matches. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis for Paramount Pictures, the film was directed by ...
Jul 25, 1975 · Mandingo: Directed by Richard Fleischer. With James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Richard Ward. An 1840s slaveowner trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.
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Based on the hugely successful novel by Kyle Onstott, Mandingo takes the audience beyond the sentimentalized South of other films with uncompromising honesty...
May 18, 2019 · Directed by Richard Fleischer. With James Mason, Susan George and Perry King.Mandingo Blu-ray : https://amzn.to/47F10A9Mandingo Streaming : https://amzn.to/4...
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Roger Ebert July 25, 1975. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. There's a scene at the end of "Mandingo" in which the young plantation master goes out to the slave quarters after his slave Mede. The master's wife has just given birth to a black baby, undoubtedly Mede's, and after poisoning his wife, the master intends to boil Mede alive.
Jun 26, 2018 · Mandingo (1975) -- (Movie Clip) On This Plantation Out of the credits with the end of Muddy Waters’ recording of the original theme song by Maurice Jarre and Hi Tide Harris, James Mason as plantation owner Maxwell, Paul Benedict as slave trader Brownlee, Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Cicero and Perry King as son Hammond, with foul language typical of the controversial box-office hit Mandingo, 1975.
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Synopsis. 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.
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