Conrack

Overview

A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the coast of South Carolina, populated mostly by poor black families. He finds that the basically illiterate, neglected children there know so little of the world outside their island.

Director: Martin Ritt

Cast

Jon Voight

Pat Conroy

Paul Winfield

Mad Billy

Madge Sinclair

Mrs. Scott

Tina Andrews

Mary

Antonio Fargas

Quickfellow

Ruth Attaway

Edna

James O'Rear

Messenger

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Gracia Lee

Mrs. Sellers

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C.P. MacDonald

Mr. Ryder

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Jane Moreland

Mrs. Webster