Band of Angels

August. 03,1957

Rating：

6.5

Genre：

Drama Romance

Keywords：

American Civil War Slave Plantation

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Clark Gable as Hamish Bond

Yvonne De Carlo as Amantha Starr

Sidney Poitier as Rau-Ru

Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Lt. Ethan Sears

Rex Reason as Capt. Seth Parton (Union officer)

Patric Knowles as Charles de Marigny

Torin Thatcher as Capt. Canavan

Andrea King as Miss Idell

Ray Teal as Mr. Calloway

Noreen Corcoran as Amantha as a child

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