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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.
- July 25, 1975 (United States)
- Dino De Laurentiis Company
Jul 25, 1975 · A plantation owner trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter for profit and entertainment. The film explores the themes of racism, miscegenation, and sexual exploitation in the 1840s South.
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- 3 min
- Richard Fleischer
Roger Ebert calls Mandingo a racist, obscene and exploitative film that betrays no taste or standards. He describes the plot, the scenes and his reaction to the movie that he felt soiled by.
An 1840s slaveowner trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter. It's the mid-nineteenth century Louisiana. Falconhurst, a run down plantation, is owned by Warren Maxwell, and largely run by his son, Hammond Maxwell, who walks with a limp due to a childhood accident.
A slave owner in the 1840s trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter. Watch the movie clip and read the synopsis, cast and crew, and film details of this action drama period film.
- Richard O. Fleischer
- Beatrice Winde
A Louisiana plantation owner's (James Mason) son (Perry King) has an affair with a slave, and he's not the only one.
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- Drama
- R
Sep 10, 2012 · Mandingo is a 1975 film directed by Richard Fleischer, based on a novel by Kyle Onstott. It depicts the sexual and violent aspects of slavery in the Deep South, and the decline of a slave-breeding family.
