screenshots / Mandingo / 1975 Dino De Laurentiis Company

Directed by Richard Fleischer (Conan the Destroyer), the film was the acting debut of American professional boxer Ken Norton.

The cast also included bodybuilder and wrestler Earl Maynard, whose later films included Circle of Iron (1975) and The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982).

The production filmed on location in Louisiana.

Ken Norton passed in 2013 at the age of 70.