Mandingo (1975)
"Expect The Savage. The Sensual. The Shocking. The Sad. The Powerful. The Shameful. Expect The Truth."
ThumbScore
👍 77%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 29%
(RT: 29%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Perry King as Hammond Maxwell
Susan George as Blanche Woodford Maxwell
Ken Norton as Mede (Ganymede)
Richard Ward as Agamemnon
Brenda Sykes as Ellen
Lillian Hayman as Lucrezia Borgia
Roy Poole as Doc Redfield
Is Mandingo good?
Most people think so. 77% audience score, estimated from 164 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 29%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter. Wikipedia ↗
