Conrack
“One beautiful man. His story is true.”
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
15 people
Jon Voight
Pat Conroy
Known for
Mission: Impossible
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Paul Winfield
Mad Billy
Known for
The Terminator
White Dog
Madge Sinclair
Mrs. Scott
Known for
Coming to America
The Lion King
Tina Andrews
Mary
Known for
Roots
Born Innocent
Antonio Fargas
Quickfellow
Known for
Starsky & Hutch
Everybody Hates Chris
Ruth Attaway
Edna
Known for
Being There
James O'Rear
Messenger
Known for
Chinatown
Criss Cross
Gracia Lee
Mrs. Sellers
Known for
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Schizoid
C.P. MacDonald
Mr. Ryder
No other roles listed
Jane Moreland
Mrs. Webster
No other roles listed
Thomas Horton
Judge
Also in
First and Last
Nancy Butler
Mrs. Ryder
Martin Ritt Director · Irving Ravetch Screenplay Harriet Frank Jr. Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2M · Budget $2.4M · United States release March 27, 1974
Box office
Budget
$2,370,000
Worldwide gross
$2,000,000
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 14, 1974
Premiere · Fine Art Cinema, Atlanta GA
United States · March 27, 1974
Theatrical
Japan
April 1, 1975 · Theatrical
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