Just an Old Sweet Song
DramaTV Movie
★ 7.0/1019761h 18m
Director: Robert Ellis Miller
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.
Runtime
1h 18m
Language
English
Released
Sep 14, 1976
Runtime
1h 18m
Language
English
Released
Sep 14, 1976
Cast
Robert Hooks
Nate Simmons
Cicely Tyson
Priscilla Simmons
Kevin Hooks
Junior
Eric Hooks
Eric Hooks
Highpockets
Beah Richards
Grandma
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Joe Mayfield
Mary Alice
Helen Mayfield
Edward Binns
Mr. Claypool
Sonny Jim Gaines
Sonny Jim Gaines
Trunk
Minnie Gentry
Aunt Velvet
Tia Rance
Tia Rance
Darlene
Philip Wende
Philip Wende
Sheriff
Albert B. Cooper IV
Albert B. Cooper IV
Stand-in (uncredited)
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