What is Mandingo (movie)?
{{Infobox film| name = Mandingo | image = | image_size = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Richard Fleischer]] | producer = [[Dino De Laurentiis]] | screenplay = [[Norman Wexler]] | based_on = {{small|''[[Mandingo (novel)|Mandingo]]'' by}}<br>[[Kyle Onstott]] | narrator = | starring = [[James Mason]]<br>[[Susan George (actress)|Susan George]]<br>[[Perry King]]<br>[[Lillian Hayman]]<br>[[Richard Ward (American actor)|Richard Ward]]<br>[[Brenda Sykes]]<br>[[Ken Norton]] | music = [[Maurice Jarre]]<br>Hi Tide Harris<br>[[Muddy Waters]] | cinematography = [[Richard H. Kline]] | editing = | distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|1975}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''Mandingo''''' is a 1975 movie based on the book ''[[Mandingo (novel)|Mandingo]]'' by [[Kyle Onstott]] and upon the play based thereon by [[Jack Kirkland]]. The movie was directed by [[Richard Fleischer]]. The movie tells the story of a [[plantation]] family and their slaves. The movie was a [[box office]] hit, but critical reviews were mixed. ==Main cast== * Warren Maxwell, a plantation owner - [[James Mason]] * Hammond Maxwell, his son - [[Perry King]] * Blanche, Hammond's wife - [[Susan George (actor)|Susan George]] * Mede, Hammond's slave - [[Ken Norton]] * Ellen, Hammond's slave - [[Brenda Sykes]] ==Story== The movie is set on Falconhurst, a run-down [[plantation]] owned by widower Warren Maxwell and his son Hammond. Hammond's [[Mandinka people|Mandingo]] slave Ganymede, or Mede is trained to fight other slaves. Hammond neglects his wife Blanche whom he rejects on their wedding night after discovering she was not a virgin. Hammond instead rapes his slave Ellen while Blanche forces Mede to lay with her. These various, conflicting infidelities all eventually come together causing the movie to end tragically with the deaths of most of the main characters.