Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
Filmed in Africa...Where It Was Lived!
103 min
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.
- Release date
- November 16, 1951
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Music
- Raymond Gallois-Montbrun
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Cast
- Canada Lee as Reverend Stephen Kumalo
- Charles Carson as James Jarvis
- Sidney Poitier as Reverend Msimangu
- Joyce Carey as Margaret Jarvis
- Geoffrey Keen as Father Vincent
- Michael Goodliffe as Martens
- Edric Connor as John Kumalo
- Lionel Ngakane as Absolom Kumalo
- Bruce Anderson as Frank Smith
- John Arnatt as Prison Warden (uncredited)
- Clement McCallin as First Reporter (uncredited)
- Michael Golden as Second Reporter (uncredited)
- Berdine Grünewald as Mary Jarvis (uncredited)
- Bari Jonson as Accused Man (uncredited)
- Vivien Clinton as Mary
- Albertina Temba as Mrs. Kumalo
Crew
- Zoltan Korda · Director
- Alan Paton · Writer
- John Howard Lawson · Writer
- Zoltan Korda · Producer
- Alan Paton · Producer
- Raymond Gallois-Montbrun · Composer
- Robert Krasker · Cinematographer
- David Eady · Editor