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In this uplifting drama based on the memoir "The Water is Wide," Pat Conroy (Jon Voight) accepts a teaching position on an isolated island in South Carolina. There he finds a class of black students who are not only illiterate, but also wanting for simple personal hygiene. Conroy contradicts the lax institutional standards and exposes his students to a wide range of topics, but those in power do not take kindly to his efforts to overturn their racist policies.
Original Release
03/27/1974
US Release
03/27/1974
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jon Voight | Pat Conroy |
Paul Winfield | Mad Billy |
Madge Sinclair | Mrs. Scott / Mrs. Scott (school principal) |
Tina Andrews | Mary |
Antonio Fargas | Quickfellow |
Ruth Attaway | Edna |
James O'Rear | Messenger / Postman |
Gracia Lee | Mrs. Sellers |
C.P. MacDonald | Mr. Ryder |
Jane Moreland | Mrs. Webster |
Directors
Writers
Pat Conroy, Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jon Voight | Pat Conroy |
Paul Winfield | Mad Billy |
Madge Sinclair | Mrs. Scott / Mrs. Scott (school principal) |
Tina Andrews | Mary |
Antonio Fargas | Quickfellow |
Ruth Attaway | Edna |
James O'Rear | Messenger / Postman |
Gracia Lee | Mrs. Sellers |
C.P. MacDonald | Mr. Ryder |
Jane Moreland | Mrs. Webster |
Thomas Horton | Judge |
Nancy Butler | Mrs. Ryder |
Robert W. Page | Mr. Spaulding |
Hume Cronyn | Skeffington / Mr. Skeffington |
Mac Arthur Nelson | Mac |
William Hunter III | William |
Kathy Turner | Kathy |
LaCrisia Hardee | LaCrisia |
Frieda Williams | Frieda |
Johnny Bell | Johnny |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Martin Ritt | Producer |
Irving Ravetch | Producer |
Harriet Frank Jr. | Producer |
Richard Kobritz | Producer |