Mandingo
1975 · Movie · R · 127 min · ★ 6.6 · 35% critics
On a decaying Southern plantation before the Civil War, a family’s push for an heir collides with cruel power games, forced relationships, and brutal exploitation. As marriage, ownership, and violence become tangled together, the household sinks deeper into jealousy and misery.
Based on Mandingo
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Details
- Years
- 1975
- Release date
- 1975-06-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Critic score
- 35/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (153 votes)
About
You may be into this if you can handle harsh, upsetting historical melodrama with lots of cruelty and sordid tension, especially if titles like In Secret or Maria's Lovers appeal to you; Not for you if you want subtlety or easy viewing.
Pros: intense atmosphere; provocative subject matter; memorable performances | Cons: very graphic content; sensationalistic tone; shallow characters
Themes
- bare knuckle boxing
- slavery
- interracial relationship
- slave owner
Cast & crew
Perry King
as Hammond Maxwell
James Mason
as Warren Maxwell
Susan George
as Blanche Woodford Maxwell
Ken Norton
as Mede (Ganymede)
Richard Ward
as Agamemnon
Brenda Sykes
as Ellen
Lillian Hayman
as Lucrezia Borgia
Roy Poole
as Doc Redfield
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
as Cicero
Paul Benedict
as Brownlee
Directed by Richard Fleischer