The White Men Wanted A Stud To Breed Slaves. The White Women Wanted Much More ... MANDINGO lit the fuse... DRUM is the explosion! It scalds. It shocks. It whips. It bleeds. It lusts. It out-Mandingo's "Mandingo"!...
Richard Fleischer repeatedly turned down Dino De Laurentiis' overtures to direct the film. He ultimately relented when he realized that the best way to make the film was to shoot it straight and tell the story as truthfully as he could....