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Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country1951

★6.3103 minDrama

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.

Director

Writer

Alan Paton John Howard Lawson

Score

Raymond Gallois-Montbrun

Stars

Canada Lee Charles Carson Sidney Poitier

Cast32

Canada Lee
as Stephen Kumalo
Charles Carson
as James Jarvis
Sidney Poitier
as Reverend Msimangu
Joyce Carey
as Margaret Jarvis
Geoffrey Keen
as Father Vincent
V
Vivien Clinton
as Mary
Michael Goodliffe
as Martens
A
Albertina Temba
as Mrs. Kumalo
Edric Connor
as John Kumalo
Lionel Ngakane
as Absolom Kumalo
C
Charles McRae
as Sibeko
B
Bruce Meredith Smith
as Captain Jaarsveldt
B
Bruce Anderson
as Frank Smith
R
Ribbon Dhlamini
as Gertrude
D
Daniel Adnewmah
as Client of Gertrude (uncredited)
John Arnatt
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
H
Henry Blumenthal
as Arthur Jarvis (uncredited)
C
Cecil Cartwright
as Mr. Harrison (uncredited)
M
Max Dhlamini
as Father Thomas (uncredited)
C
Clement McCallin
as First Reporter (uncredited)
Michael Golden
as Second Reporter (uncredited)
B
Berdine Grünewald
as Mary Jarvis (uncredited)
T
Tsepo Gugushe
as Gertrude's Child (uncredited)
S
Scott Harrold
as Police Superintendent (uncredited)
B
Bari Jonson
as Accused Man (uncredited)
C
Cyril Kwaza
as Matthew Kumalo (uncredited)
E
Evelyn Nayati
as Mrs. Lithebe (uncredited)
R
Reginald Ngcobo
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
E
Emily Pooe
as Mrs. Ndela (uncredited)
S
Shayiaw Riba
as Father Tisa (uncredited)
Stanley Van Beers
as Judge (uncredited)
A
Andrew Kay
as John Harrison (uncredited)

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