Drama
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.
Production
20th Century Fox
Cast & Characters
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
Gracia Lee
Mrs. Sellers
C.P. MacDonald
Mr. Ryder
Jane Moreland
Mrs. Webster
Thomas Horton
Judge
Nancy Butler
Mrs. Ryder
Directors & Crew
M
Martin Ritt
Director
I
Irving Ravetch
Screenplay
H
Harriet Frank Jr.
Screenplay
M
Martin Ritt
Producer
H
Harriet Frank Jr.
Producer
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