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.
| Directing | Martin Ritt | Director |
| Writing | Pat Conroy | Novel |
| Editing | Frank Bracht | Editor |
| Production | Richard Kobritz | Associate Producer |
| Production | Richard Kobritz | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Directing | Irby Smith | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marvin Weldon | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Anthony Brand | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margo Baxley | Costume Design |
| Art | John McCarthy Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Art | Walter Scott Herndon | Production Design |
| Camera | John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Production | Martin Ritt | Producer |
| Production | Harriet Frank Jr. | Producer |
| Sound | John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Irving Ravetch | Screenplay |
| Writing | Harriet Frank Jr. | Screenplay |
