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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Jon Voight, Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Tina Andrews, Antonio Fargas, Ruth Attaway
Crew: Martin Ritt (Director), Pat Conroy (Novel), Martin Ritt (Producer), Marvin Weldon (Script Supervisor), Lynn Stalmaster (Casting), Harriet Frank Jr. (Producer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Runtime: 106 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 27, 1974
IMDb: 4.344