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.

• London Films Productions
• Canada Lee
• Charles Carson
• Sidney Poitier
• Joyce Carey
• Geoffrey Keen
• Vivien Clinton
• Michael Goodliffe
• Albertina Temba