Just an Old Sweet Song

Just an Old Sweet Song (1976)


  • Genre: Drama, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1976-09-25
  • Runtime: 1h 18min
  • Language: English
  • Director: Robert Ellis Miller

Summary

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.

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  • Robert Hooks

    as Nate Simmons

  • Cicely Tyson

    as Priscilla Simmons

  • Kevin Hooks

    as Junior

  • Eric Hooks

    as Highpockets

  • Beah Richards

    as Grandma

  • Lincoln Kilpatrick

    as Joe Mayfield

  • Mary Alice

    as Helen Mayfield

  • Edward Binns

    as Mr. Claypool

  • Sonny Jim Gaines

    as Trunk

  • Minnie Gentry

    as Aunt Velvet

  • Tia Rance

    as Darlene

  • Philip Wende

    as Sheriff

  • Albert B. Cooper IV

    as Stand-in (uncredited)
Editing Argyle Nelson Jr. Editor
Directing Robert Ellis Miller Director
Camera Terry K. Meade Director of Photography
Sound Peter Matz Music
Production Philip Barry Jr. Producer
Writing Melvin Van Peebles Writer
Art Ray Beal Art Direction

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