Conrack 1974

Synopsis

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.

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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

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