
In 1920s rural Mississippi, Nancy Mannigoe, an African-American servant, is placed on death row for the murder of Temple Drake's infant child. Temple, the daughter of the governor, pleads with her father to exonerate Nancy of the charges, explaining that Nancy acted in haste to prevent her from resuming her affair with a roguish Cajun called Candy Man. Details of Temple's sordid past are uncovered as she begs mercy for her faithful servant.

as Temple Drake

as Candy Man

as Gowan Stevens

as Ira Bobbitt

as Nancy Mannigoe

as Gov. Drake

as Norma

as Miss Reba

as Dog Boy

as Lee

as Flossie

as Swede

as Mamie

as Cora

as Connie

as Jackie

as Randy

as Bucky Stevens

as Judge

as Gus

as Tommy