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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
Production
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
G
Gracia Lee
Mrs. Sellers
C
C.P. MacDonald
Mr. Ryder
J
Jane Moreland
Mrs. Webster










