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Director
  
Music director
  
Language
  
English

5.2/10
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Genre
  
Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Slaves (film) movie poster

Writer
  
John O. Killens
,
Alida Sherman

Release date
  
July 2, 1969 (1969-07-02)

Screenplay
  
Herbert Biberman, John Oliver Killens, Alida Sherman

Cast
  
(Cassy), (Luke), (MacKay)

Similar movies
  
Mandingo (1975), Sankofa (1993), Drum (1976), Nightjohn (1996), Manderlay (2005)

Tagline
  
The tamings...The desires...The furies...of the Old South!

Slaves trailer 1969


Slaves is a 1969 American drama film directed by Herbert Biberman. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Dionne Warwick (in her screen acting debut), Ossie Davis, and Stephen Boyd.

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Slaves trailer 1969


Plot

Set in the 1850s South, the film follows Cassy and Luke, two black slaves who are sold to the sadistic plantation owner MacKay. He wants labor from the men and sex from the women. On this, he is determined to exploit both Cassy and Luke.

Cast

  • Dionne Warwick as Cassy
  • Ossie Davis as Luke
  • Stephen Boyd as MacKay
  • Marilyn Clark as Mrs. Bennett
  • Nancy Coleman as Mrs. Stillwell
  • Julius Harris as Shadrach
  • James Heath as Luther
  • David Huddleston as Holland
  • Eva Jessye as Julie
  • Oscar Paul Jones as Zacharious
  • Aldine King as Emmeline
  • Robert Kya-Hill as Jericho
  • Gale Sondergaard as New Orleans lady
  • Shepperd Strudwick as Mr. Stillwell
  • Barbara Ann Teer as Esther
  • References

    Slaves (film) Wikipedia
    Slaves (film) IMDb Slaves (film) themoviedb.org