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Band of Angels (1957)

Band of Angels poster
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 05m
Rated
12
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 48 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman discovers her mother was enslaved and is sold as property before the Civil War. She navigates relationships with a wealthy plantation owner and a free black man as war approaches.

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What happens

Band of Angels is a 1957 American drama film set in the American South before and during the American Civil War, based on the 1955 novel of the same title by Robert Penn Warren. It was directed by Raoul Walsh and stars Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo and Sidney Poitier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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