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Conrack

film by Ritt [1974]

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discussed in biography

In Martin Ritt: Films of the 1970s
Ritt’s next film was Conrack (1974), based on a memoir by novelist Pat Conroy. It starred Jon Voight as an idealistic teacher at a poor black school on a remote island off the South Carolina coast. In The Front (1976), released roughly a quarter of a century after Ritt’s…
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role of Voight

In Jon Voight
…Conroy in the film memoir Conrack (1974). Voight followed a lead role in the conventional thriller The Odessa File (1974) with a moving portrayal of a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran in the drama Coming Home (1978) that earned him Golden Globe and Oscar awards for best actor; the Cannes film…
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