Notorious 1975
exploitation movie directed by
Richard Fleischer and starring
James Mason,
Susan George and
Ken Norton as the titualar character.
Plot outline from
The Internet Movie Database:
A slave owner in the 1840s trains his slaves to be bare-knuckle fighting champions, unaware that his daughter is having an affair with his top fighter.
This statement says nothing of the various horrible episodes of
antebellum life portrayed throughout the film, the most revolting one reducing a great actor (Mason) to propping his feet on a young crouching slave, because it would "cure his
rheumatism".
Based on the novel by
Kyle Onstott and the play by
Jack Kirkland.