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Cast
Jon Voight | As: Pat Conroy | |
Paul Winfield | As: Mad Billy | |
Madge Sinclair | As: Mrs. Scott | |
Tina Andrews | As: Mary | |
Antonio Fargas | As: Quickfellow |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | One beautiful man. His story is true. |
Certification: | G |
Cast
Jon Voight |
Pat Conroy |
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Paul Winfield |
Mad Billy |
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Madge Sinclair |
Mrs. Scott |
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Tina Andrews |
Mary |
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Antonio Fargas |
Quickfellow |
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Ruth Attaway |
Edna |
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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 |
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Thomas Horton |
Judge |
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Nancy Butler |
Mrs. Ryder |
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Robert W. Page |
Mr. Spaulding |
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Hume Cronyn |
Skeffington |
Directed By
Martin Ritt |
Director |
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Irby Smith |
Assistant Director |
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Marvin Weldon |
Script Supervisor |
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Anthony Brand |
Second Assistant Director |
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Writing Credits
Pat Conroy |
Novel |
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Irving Ravetch |
Screenplay |
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Harriet Frank Jr. |
Screenplay |
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Production Crew
Richard Kobritz |
Associate Producer |
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Richard Kobritz |
Unit Production Manager |
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Lynn Stalmaster |
Casting |
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Martin Ritt |
Producer |
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Harriet Frank Jr. |
Producer |
Edited By
Frank Bracht |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Margo Baxley |
Costume Design |
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Sound
John Williams |
Original Music Composer |
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Visual Effects
Camera
John A. Alonzo |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
John McCarthy Jr. |
Set Decoration |
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Walter Scott Herndon |
Production Design |
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Other Crew
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