Released:
1974-03-27

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

Runtime:
1h 46min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Jon Voight
  as
  Pat Conroy
• 
  Paul Winfield
  as
  Mad Billy
• 
  Madge Sinclair
  as
  Mrs. Scott
• 
  Tina Andrews
  as
  Mary
• 
  Antonio Fargas
  as
  Quickfellow