Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier

Based on a novel by Robert Penn Warren, this Southern potboiler stars Yvonne DeCarlo as Amantha Starr, the daughter of a wealthy Louisiana plantation owner. When her father unexpectedly dies, Amantha ...( read more  read more... )discovers that her father was deep in debt and the family is penniless, and she is forced to drop out of the exclusive girls' school she was attending. What's more, it is discovered that Amantha has a small amount of African-American blood, and under the laws she is to be sold into slavery in New Orleans. Amantha is purchased by Hamish Bond (Clark Gable), a dashing, wealthy, but mysterious landowner. While Amantha is at first terrified by her new situation, in time she grows fond of Hamish and becomes romantically involved with him.

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Unrated, 125 min.

Directed by: Raoul Walsh

Release Date: August 3, 1957

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DVD Release Date: January 30, 2007

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  • December 19, 2007
    Very original movie. I like the fact that he hadn't been always so perfect. It's very realistic and it makes everything has sense .
  • October 24, 2007
    recommended by Liloh
  • October 19, 2007
    You're no blue blood any more, honey. The master bought you...and now he's waitin'!

    PLOT:
    The legendary Clark Gable is plantation owner Hamish Bond, who has a secret past of slave trading. Sidney Poitier is outstanding as the freedom-yearning slave who Bond has rai
    ...( read more)sed a son. Yvonne DeCarlo is stunning as Amantha Starr, the daughter of a wealthy Louisiana plantation owner. What is in store for her future?

    First of all thanks to my Friend Chris that you can count on when you are looking for something. I have seen this Movie years ago and couldnt remember the title. But a little bit of the story. I first thought it was gone with the Wind but no it wasnt. I digged and digged finally gave up. Now finally. Thank you somuch Chris Hunt.
    Its a mix of everything. I loved Clarke Gables Acting in this Movie. I think its far more better then Gone with the Wind, but that is my Opinion. I would love to buy it on DVD. Just love it.
    lol the first time when I watched this Movie I thought it is Gone with the Wind.
  • March 28, 2007
    A lot of people saw this as Clark Gable playing up the "Gone With the Wind" angle, but it's really a story about slavery and race in America. It's not a classic like GWTW, but it should stand on it's own merits. Sure, it's a bit watered down for the late 50s sensibilities, and ...( read more)yes, it's pretty melodramatic stuff, but it's not a bad movie and well worth a look.

    A young, beautiful Yvonne De Carlo plays Amantha Starr, the daughter of a plantation owner. She's away at college when she is asked to come home. Her father has taken ill and by the time she arrives, he has already passed away. Then comes the realization that Amantha is really half black, and instead of the daughter of a plantation owner, she will now be sold along with all of the other property to pay off back taxes. Hamish Bond (Clark Gable) buys her, but sets her up like a lady.

    A 30 year old Sidney Poitier plays Rau-Ru, a freed slave and raised as Hamish's son. Rau-Ru was educated, so he is all too aware of the atrocities that are performed on black people by people like Hamish, himself, so there's a love/hate relationship going on there.

    This DVD was released a little before Yvonne De Carlo death, and it's good that we get a chance to see her before she became well-known as Lilly Munster.
  • February 10, 2007
    I liked this one better than "Gone With The Wind"

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