Conrack
“One beautiful man. His story is true.”
1974•PG•1h 46m•6.7•Released
Drama
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
Writer
Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
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
Gracia Lee
Mrs. Sellers
C.P. MacDonald
Mr. Ryder
Jane Moreland
Mrs. Webster
Thomas Horton
Judge
Nancy Butler
Mrs. Ryder
Robert W. Page
Mr. Spaulding
Hume Cronyn
Skeffington
Ronnie Leggett
Ronnie
Production
Company
20th Century Fox
Producer
Martin Ritt
Producer
Harriet Frank Jr.
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