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Just an Old Sweet Song (1976)
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
Drama, TV Movie · 1h 18m
Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South. Eventually, the family rediscovers its African-American roots and elects to stay in their new rural surroundings.
Cast
Robert Hooks
Nate Simmons
Cicely Tyson
Priscilla Simmons
Kevin Hooks
Junior
E
Eric Hooks
Highpockets
Beah Richards
Grandma
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Joe Mayfield
Mary Alice
Helen Mayfield
Edward Binns
Mr. Claypool
S
Sonny Jim Gaines
Trunk
Minnie Gentry
Aunt Velvet
T
Tia Rance
Darlene
P
Philip Wende
Sheriff
Crew
- Director
- Robert Ellis Miller
- Writer
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Director of Photography
- Terry K. Meade
- Editor
- Argyle Nelson Jr.
- Producer
- Philip Barry Jr.
Details
- Release date
- 1976-09-14
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- MTM Enterprises