
Band of Angels
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.
Top Billed 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)
Featured Crew
Robert Penn Warren
Novel

Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Ben Roberts
Screenplay

John Twist
Screenplay
Marjorie Best
Costume Design

Franz Bachelin
Art Direction
Folmar Blangsted
Editor

Raoul Walsh
Director
Ivan Goff
Screenplay

Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography
Carl Sigman
Original Music Composer
William Wallace
Set Decoration