Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.
Costume
Arlene Dahl's wardrobe deserves its own billing
Acting
Lamas smolders so hard the screen nearly melts
Director
Edward Ludwig
Fernando Lamas
Dr. Carlos Morales
Arlene Dahl
Nancy Darby
Patricia Medina
Martha Darby
Francis L. Sullivan
Dr. Bristol
Charles Korvin
Harvey Bristol
Tom Drake
Dr. Roy Darby
John Sutton
Harvey Bristol
Willard Parker
Gabriel Thatch
Charles Evans
Judge Armstrong
Lester Matthews
Gen. Victor Darby
Roy Gordon
Dr. Tyrus
Lewis L. Russell
Capt. Bronson
Bill Walker
Priam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Fernando Lamas's first starring role in an American film after MGM signed him away from Argentine cinema.
The film sanitizes plantation labor conditions to an almost comical degree—1953 audiences apparently needed their historical fiction sugar-coated.
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