A bleak and violent story of delinquency and broken family ties. Christiaan MacDonald escapes from the reformatory where he has been serving a sentence for car theft and asks his sister Dina for help. When his father tells Christiaan he is adopted, and furthermore is banished from the MacDonald family, the young man responds with criminal behavior that rip the family apart.
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Regardt van den Bergh
Dr. Fritz Krynauw
Janet Du Plessis
Dina MacDonald
Cornelis Esterhuyse
Herman MacDonald
Willie Esterhuizen
Christiaan MacDonald
Flip Theron
Police Sergeant
Johan Bernard
Hannes Vermeulen
Bill Flynn
Bobby Griesel
Hetty van Oord
Mimi Coetzee
Elize Cawood
Miss van Dyk
James Borthwick
Minister
Barry Trengrove
Lawyer
Lourens Swanepoel
Advocate
Denis Smith
Judge
Wilson Dunster
State Prosecutor
Leonora Nel
Ma Griesel
