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Cry, the Beloved Country

(1951)

November 16, 1951 1h 43m
63%
TMDB Score

Overview

In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.

Zoltan Korda

Director

Top Billed Cast

CL

Canada Lee

Stephen Kumalo

CC

Charles Carson

James Jarvis

SP

Sidney Poitier

Reverend Msimangu

JC

Joyce Carey

Margaret Jarvis

GK

Geoffrey Keen

Father Vincent

VC

Vivien Clinton

Mary

MG

Michael Goodliffe

Martens

AT

Albertina Temba

Mrs. Kumalo

EC

Edric Connor

John Kumalo

LN

Lionel Ngakane

Absolom Kumalo