Mandingo Page #3

Synopsis: Slave owner Warren Maxwell insists that his son, Hammond, who is busy bedding the slaves he buys, marry a white woman and father him a son. While in New Orleans, he picks up a wife, Blanche, a "bed wench," Ellen, and a Mandingo slave, Mede, whom he trains to be a bare-knuckle fighting champion. Angered that Hammond is spending too much time with his slaves, Blanche beds down Mede.
Director(s): Richard Fleischer
Production: Paramount Pictures
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
31%
R
Year:
1975
127 min
667 Views


Can you help me off

with these boots?

Yes, sir.

What happened to

your leg, master?

No one's ever asked that

straight out honest.

You know, they're always

pretending they don't see.

Ha.

I do walk bad.

I thinks you walks

just fine, master.

Raise your head.

Raise your head.

Now you're looking

away from me.

I can't see you.

Put your eyes on me.

Look at me straight

into my eyes.

I can't, master.

I craves you

to do it, ellen.

N*ggers don't-

Don't what?

Look a white man

in the eyes?

If you're

told to do it...

If asked to do it,

You can do it.

Ellen?

Don't you be afeard.

If you don't like me,

you don't have to stay.

I like you, sir.

I want to please you.

Here we have

a capital woman

and her three children.

All in good health.

What will

you say for them?

Give me an offer.

I'll put the whole lot

up for $850.

$850. 850.

900!

$900!

They ain't worth it.

Come on, let's

get out of here.

610 to the gentleman

in green. Do I hear 615?

Look at this lovely

wench, gentlemen.

I got a mandingo.

Pure-bred mandingo.

I want to see.

This is what I

was looking for, ja.

Ooh!

Playful as a kitten,

Strong as

a bull elephant.

Good lord, ma'am.

I don't buy the pig

in the poke.

Ha ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha ha!

She carry on

like a man.

Is she buys him,

He's going to find

out tonight she

ain't no man.

Hey, you mean that

lady will pleasure

with that n*gger?

That's a german widow,

And german ladies can never

pleasure without them.

How much?

3,500.

I give you 3,000.

I'll pay the price

you're asking.

You're no gentleman,

Trying to take the n*gger

from the poor widow woman.

If you should crave

the make of him, ma'am.

I ain't letting you

get him.

4,000.

I'll pay more,

500 more.

Schweinhund!

Ha ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha ha!

Done! You

got a good boy.

Trustworthy,

obedient,

whip smart.

I sure hate

to sell him.

What do you call him?

Mede, or galamede.

I'll come fetch him

in two, three days.

Hey, I got me

a fighting n*gger!

Never been beaten up.

The mandingo my papa's

craved all his life.

Yes, sir, ain't

he something. Hee hee.

Mede, huh?

Mede. That's

a good name, mede.

Mede, huh?

Damn.

Beatrix, my dear,

Ain't cousin hammond

the image of uncle theopolis?

Uncle theopolis

weren't that handsome,

And uncle theopolis

never looked at blanche

like that.

Blanche, do you think

cousin hammond

is handsome?

It don't matter

if'n blanche thinks

he's handsome.

What matters

is cousin hammond

thinking blanche is pretty.

You see, you don't

get the money

If'n she ain't

to his taste and

he don't wed her.

Oh, charles.

I heard your pa.

Oh, my god!

Oh, that's

all right.

You ain't a wedding

that hammond.

Oh, yes, I am.

I'll be a wedding him.

He's a fine catch.

Good-looking,

Rich,

Romantic,

Been to new orleans.

Come from far away.

I'll tell him.

I'll tell him

what we done.

He won't believe you,

And papa would

throw you out.

Charles, I'm gettin'

out of this house...

And this family.

Cousin blanche.

Cousin blanche, wait.

You come to buy me?

Take a good look at me,

like I was a wench.

Now, cousin blanche,

don't-

Am I to your taste?

You crave I undress?

Cousin blanche, I'm-

I'm terrible sorry.

Well...

I do believe

you are.

Can I carry you to

church, cousin blanche?

Oh. A gentleman carries

a young lady to church,

Everyone reckons they's

gonna get married.

May hap we is.

Is what?

May hap we is

gonna get married.

How you like to?

You got

a nice plantation?

A big house?

Well, the house ain't

fine like crowfoot.

It's good enough for

just papa and me, but...

But I can build a house.

I just been waitin'

till I get married

to build a house,

A-a fine house.

Well, now,

I ain't, uh,

I ain't

really thought about

gettin' married much.

Papa, he say I got to get

married and sire me a son.

Is you all proposin'?

Yes, ma'am,

I reckon so.

I-I don't know

no other way to do it.

How you like to?

Don't kiss me yet,

Unless it's

just a cousin kiss.

Ha!

Well, do you

think the yellow

Or the pink

is more prettier

On the new

mrs. Maxwell?

Oh, ham,

I'm so happy.

Oh, and my ring...

I loves it.

It's much prettier

than mama's.

Ha ha ha ha.

Oh. You like it

when you kiss me?

Oh, I do. I do.

I crave you to do it.

Hammond...

What we do now?

Well, I don't

rightly know.

I mean, with

a wench I'd know,

But with

a white lady...Ha ha.

I reckon we got to

take off some clothing.

Not everything, of course.

Ha ha ha ha.

All right.

What? Let's see...

Well, undo this.

Oh, yeah, I see.

Ha ha.

What for you get up?

I can't sleep seeing,

like, when I'm thinkin'.

What you

thinkin' about?

I'm thinkin',

I'm wonderin'...

What man you

had before me.

Hammond, where'd you get

that zany notion from?

You thinkin' I

don't know a virgin

when I sleeps with one

And pleasures?

I was, too, a virgin.

You was once,

but not last night.

Oh! Oh, how can you

think such a thing?

There was nobody!

I was pure...

Till you.

You might as well

tell me who he is.

I kill the son

of a b*tch!

Now, you tell me who

pleasured you before me!

You-you're accusin' me...

You accusin' me of

somethin' I never done.

I never done it!

I never, never,

never done it!

I never, never,

never-

You disgust me!

Oh! Hammond!

Ah, chri,

all is well?

Very well,

madame caroline.

Bon. Bring two.

Your father has been

unfaithful to me.

He was one of

my best customers,

Till a couple

of years ago.

I told you your pa

was a hell-raiser.

Yeah. Ha ha.

For warren maxwell's

charming son,

Tonight

is compliments

of the house. Ha ha.

Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you.

You lucky bastard.

I never got it free

in my whole life.

Never will, either,

probably. Ha ha.

Hell, I don't care.

If I don't

have it for six months,

it's one more than your widow.

I'm gonna spend

my money-ohh!

Look at this gal.

That's it, walk

all over me, honey.

You'll get a cramp now.

Why, I've been

serving pleasure

to old men all day.

But I've been watching

your baby face ever

since you came in,

Wondering how I was

going to get to you.

I ain't feeling

good, lady.

Oh, well, I can

fix that, honey,

All over. Mmm!

Hey, you do that

all over stuff?

Oh, for somebody

like him, mmm!

I reckon not, lady.

I...

I'm on my honeymoon.

Oh, well, that's when

a gentleman needs good

lovin' the most.

He's got the

prettiest little

peach for a bride

Back at the hotel,

just waitin' there,

layin' there.

Oh, but I can

show him things

His bride don't dream

they do it on mars

Where they got

creatures with...

6 arms and 12 mouths.

I reckon not, lady.

Maybe another time,

all right.

Well, if he ain't

goin' with you, I am.

Oh, come on.

What you doin' in here?

Master hammond told me

to wait here for him.

N*ggers aren't

allowed inside.

You a n*gger.

I'm madame caroline's

slave, and I'm telling

you to get out.

I'm master hammond's

slave, and I'm staying.

I said get out.

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Norman Wexler

Norman Wexler (August 6, 1926 – August 23, 1999) was an American screenwriter whose work included such films as Saturday Night Fever, Serpico and Joe, for which he received an Oscar nomination in 1971. A Detroit native and 1944 Central High School graduate, Wexler attended Harvard University before moving to New York in 1951. more…

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