Conrack

Conrack

106 mins | Drama | March 27, 1974

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.

Conrack

106 mins | Drama | March 27, 1974

Conrack
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Conrack
Directors Marvin Weldon, Martin Ritt, Irby Smith, Anthony Brand
Writers Pat Conroy, Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch

Cast

Jon Voight

as Pat Conroy

Paul Winfield

as Mad Billy

Madge Sinclair

as Mrs. Scott

Tina Andrews

as Mary

Antonio Fargas

as Quickfellow

Ruth Attaway

as Edna

James O'Rear

as Messenger

Gracia Lee

as Mrs. Sellers

C.P. MacDonald

as Mr. Ryder

Jane Moreland

as Mrs. Webster

Thomas Horton

as Judge

Nancy Butler

as Mrs. Ryder

Robert W. Page

as Mr. Spaulding

Hume Cronyn

as Skeffington