Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress.

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Cast

Clark Gable

Hamish Bond

Yvonne De Carlo

Amantha Starr

Sidney Poitier

Rau-Ru

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Lt. Ethan Sears

Rex Reason

Capt. Seth Parton (Union officer)

Patric Knowles

Charles de Marigny

Torin Thatcher

Capt. Canavan

Andrea King

Miss Idell

Ray Teal

Mr. Calloway

Noreen Corcoran

Amantha as a child

William Forrest

Aaron Starr, Amantha's father

Juanita Moore

Budge