Mandingo

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.

Director

Richard Fleischer

Written by

Norman Wexler

Music

Maurice Jarre

Studio

The De Laurentiis Company

Released

6 June 1975

Genres

Romance, Drama, History