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Conrack   1974             PG, 107 min. Genre: Drama Director: Martin Ritt   Cast: Jon Voight, Paul Winfield, Hume Cronyn, Madge Sinclair, Tina Andrews, Antonio Fargas, Ruth Attaway, James O'Rear, MacArthur Nelson, William Hunter III, Kathy Turner, LaCrisia Hardee   Based on Pat Conroy's book "The River is Wide," this story involves young Pat Conroy's (Jon Voight) experiences when he goes to an isolated island off the South Carolina Coast where he is assigned a teaching job in 1967. Conroy soon discovers that most of his Black students are either illiterate or retarded, but, unlike his fellow teachers, he steps up to the plate and teaches his students useful lessons that will help them in life. Cast Jon Voight Pat Conroy Paul Winfield Mad Billy Hume Cronyn Superintendent Skeffington Madge Sinclair Mrs. Scott Tina Andrews Mary Antonio Fargas Quickfellow Ruth Attaway Edna James O'Rear Postman MacArthur Nelson Mac William Hunter III William Kathy Turner Kathy LaCrisia Hardee LaCrisia