Band of Angels

Director: Raoul Walsh

Overview

In this costume drama, a Southern gentleman strives to conceal his checkered past. He falls in love with a beautiful belle who has been cast out of her expensive girls' school because her late father left her penniless. Things get even worse when she learns that her mother was African.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/30/2007
UPC:	0085391111993
Original Release:	1957
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	2:07:00
Sales rank:	4,746

Special Features

Theatrical trailer; Languages: English & Fran?ais; Subtitles: English (feature film only)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Clark Gable	Hamish Bond
Sidney Poitier	Rau-Ru
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.	Lt. Ethan Sears
Rex Reason	Seth Parton
Patric Knowles	Charles de Marigny
Torin Thatcher	Capt. Canavan
Andrea King	Miss Idell
Ray Teal	Mr. Calloway
Russell Evans	Jimmee,Actor
Carolle Drake	Michele
Raymond Bailey	Stuart
Tommie Moore	Dollie,Budge
William Forrest	Aaron Starr
Noreen Corcoran	Young Manty Starr
Jack Williams	Runaway Slave
Zelda Cleaver	Sukie
Joe Narcisse	Shad
Marshall Bradford	Gen. Butler
Charles Heard	Helper
Roy Barcroft	Gillespie, the Overseer
Curtis Hamilton	Jacob, the Coachman
Riza Royce	Mrs. Hopewell
Jim Hayward	Sheriff
Larry Blake	Town Crier,Actor
Guy Wilkerson	Minister
Bob Steele	Actor
Mayo Loizeau	Actor
June-Ellen Anthony	Actor
Carla Merey	Actor
Dan White	Actor
Jean Harvey	Actor
Alfred Meissner	Actor
William Fawcett	Actor
Ewing Mitchell	Actor
Morgan Shaan	Actor
Paul McGuire	Actor
Martin Smith	Actor,Actor
Ann Doran	Actor
Miles Clark	Actor
Charles Horvath	Actor
William Schallert	Actor
Ann Staunton	Actor
Robyn Faire	Actor
Carl Harbaugh	Actor
Anthony Ghazlo	Actor
Yvonne De Carlo	Amantha Starr
Brandon Beach	Actor
X Brands	Actor
Robert Carson	Actor
Myron Cook	Actor
Max Steiner	Composer
Giselle D'Arc	Salesgirl
George DeNormand	Man at Auction
Harry Fleer	Aide

Technical Credits

Ben Roberts

Ivan Goff

John Twist

Robert Penn Warren

Raoul Walsh	Producer
Ben Roberts	Screenwriter
Ivan Goff	Screenwriter
John Twist	Screenwriter
Robert Penn Warren	Screenwriter
Eugene Marks	Sound Effects
George Reid	Sound Effects
Finn Ulback	Sound Effects

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Band of Angels
1. Credits [1:30]
2. What Are Little Girls Made Of? [4:50]
3. Seminary for Young Ladies [4:38]
4. Chattel of Starwood [6:09]
5. End of Her Rope [8:05]
6. Sold at Auction [3:56]
7. Worse Than a Cell [3:25]
8. Invitation to Dine [3:36]
9. Rau-Ru's Report [3:45]
10. Current and Future Kings [3:07]
11. At Mamselle's Service [4:18]
12. Capt. Canavan Blows In [5:49]
13. Assumed Identity [3:22]
14. Plantation Arrival [5:57]
15. Charles' Challenge [4:49]
16. Coming to Blows [5:29]
17. Facing Down a Coward [4:02]
18. Burning Out a Life [2:47]
19. Capt. Strikedown [4:22]
20. Tasting Freedom [5:43]
21. Master and Fugitive [3:14]
22. Ethan Sears [5:27]
23. Seth's Blackmail [5:17]
24. In the Master's Chair [4:55]
25. Rescue Tale [5:34]
26. White Man's Bargain [6:29]
27. All of Us Free [4:07]

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Editorial Reviews

A toned-down version of Robert Penn Warren's accusatory novel of plantation slavery, miscegenation, and black empowerment, Band of Angels nonetheless generated significant controversy upon its release. In the hands of studio veteran Raoul Walsh, the story is more a costume melodrama than a socio-political treatise. Fortunately, it's a well-mounted historical melodrama, with Lucien Ballard's cinematography aptly showcasing Franz Bachelin's set design and Marjorie Best's lavish costuming. Taboos of the time did not allow for mixed-race kissing, so white actress Yvonne de Carlo was cast as the slave lover opposite Clark Gable's plantation master. There was no compromise, though, in the casting of Sidney Poitier as the rebellious slave who turns the tables on Gable. Poitier is outstanding; his performance is the strongest link to the book's explosive social commentary.