Cry, the Beloved Country

Filmed in Africa...Where It Was Lived!

Duration: 103 min

Release date: 1951-11-16

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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.

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as Stephen Kumalo

as James Jarvis

as Reverend Msimangu

as Margaret Jarvis

as Father Vincent

Michael Goodliffe

Michael Goodliffe

Albertina Temba

Albertina Temba

as Absolom Kumalo

Bruce Meredith Smith

Bruce Meredith Smith

as Captain Jaarsveldt

Ribbon Dhlamini

Ribbon Dhlamini

Daniel Adnewmah

Daniel Adnewmah

as Client of Gertrude (uncredited)

as Prison Warden (uncredited)

Henry Blumenthal

Henry Blumenthal

as Arthur Jarvis (uncredited)

Cecil Cartwright

Cecil Cartwright

as Mr. Harrison (uncredited)

as Father Thomas (uncredited)

Clement McCallin

Clement McCallin

as First Reporter (uncredited)

as Second Reporter (uncredited)

Berdine Grünewald

Berdine Grünewald

as Mary Jarvis (uncredited)

as Gertrude's Child (uncredited)

as Police Superintendent (uncredited)

as Accused Man (uncredited)

as Matthew Kumalo (uncredited)

as Mrs. Lithebe (uncredited)

Reginald Ngcobo

Reginald Ngcobo

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

as Mrs. Ndela (uncredited)

as Father Tisa (uncredited)

Stanley Van Beers

Stanley Van Beers

as Judge (uncredited)

as John Harrison (uncredited)

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Wilfred Shingleton

Wilfred Shingleton

Raymond Gallois-Montbrun

Raymond Gallois-Montbrun

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

John Howard Lawson

John Howard Lawson

Production Manager

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