Mandingo

The movie is set in the Deep South of the United States prior to the American Civil War. Falconhurst is a run-down plantation owned by widower Warren Maxwell and largely run by his son, Hammond. Warren Maxwell pressures Hammond to marry, so Hammond chooses his cousin, Blanche, who is desperate to get out of her house to escape her brother Charles. After their wedding night, Hammond is sure that Blanche is not a virgin.