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Release Date: 1975

Cast: Lillian Hayman, Ken Norton, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Roy Poole, Duane Allen, Ben Masters, Susan George, James Mason, Richard Ward, Ray Spruell, Perry King, Brenda Sykes ...MORE

Cast: Lillian Hayman, Ken Norton, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Roy Poole, Duane Allen, Ben Masters, Susan George, James Mason, Richard Ward, Ray Spruell, Perry King, Brenda Sykes, Paul Benedict, Louis Turenne, Sylvester Stallone, Beatrice Winde ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Melodrama, Romance Film, Drama Film, Period Piece, Film Adaptation

Mandingo is a 1975 film, based on the novel Mandingo by Kyle Onstott and upon the play based thereon by Jack Kirkland. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer and featured James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Lillian Hayman, boxer-turned-actor Ken Norton, and bodybuilder and pro wrestler-turned-actor Earl Maynard. On Falconhurst, a run-down plantation owned by the widowed Warren Maxwell (James Mason) and his son Hammond (Perry King), a 'Mandingo' slave Ganymede, or Mede (Ken Norton), is trained to fight other slaves. Hammond neglects his wife Blanche (Susan George), whom he rejects on... MORE

Mandingo is a 1975 film, based on the novel Mandingo by Kyle Onstott and upon the play based thereon by Jack Kirkland. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer and featured James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Lillian Hayman, boxer-turned-actor Ken Norton, and bodybuilder and pro wrestler-turned-actor Earl Maynard. On Falconhurst, a run-down plantation owned by the widowed Warren Maxwell (James Mason) and his son Hammond (Perry King), a 'Mandingo' slave Ganymede, or Mede (Ken Norton), is trained to fight other slaves. Hammond neglects his wife Blanche (Susan George), whom he rejects on their wedding night after discovering she was not a virgin. Hammond instead ravishes his slave Ellen (Brenda Sykes), while Blanche seduces Mede. These various, conflicting affairs all eventually come together causing the film to end tragically. Upon its release in 1975, critical response was mixed although box office was strong. Roger Ebert despised the film and gave it a "zero star" rating. Richard Schickel of TIME found the film boring and cliche-ridden.The movie critic Robin Wood was enthusiastic about the film, calling it “the greatest film about race ever made in Hollywood”. Quentin LESS