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, Franchot Tone, Rockne Tarkington, and Georgia Burke. The story was made into a

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in 1975, directed by Richard Fleischer.

Synopsis

An African slave is trained to fight other slaves on an antebellum Southern plantation.

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* Plays about slavery 1961 plays Plays based on novels Broadway plays Plays about race and ethnicity American plays adapted into films Plays set in the United States {{1960s-play-stub