Just an Old Sweet Song (1976)

★ 7.0 1h 18m IMDb
Drama
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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.

Just an Old Sweet Song

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Cast

Robert Hooks
Robert Hooks as Nate Simmons Age 89 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA Robert Hooks (born Bobby Dean Hooks; April 18, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and activist..
Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson as Priscilla Simmons Died 2021 · New York City, New York, USA Cicely Louise Tyson (December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021) was an American actress. In a career which spanned more than seven decades in film, television and theatre, she became known for her portraya...
Kevin Hooks
Kevin Hooks as Junior Age 67 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA ​Kevin Hooks (born September 19, 1958) is an American actor, and a television and film director; he is notable from his roles in Aaron Loves Angela & Sounder, but may be best-known as Morris Thorpe fr...
Beah Richards
Beah Richards as Grandma Died 2000 · Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA Beulah Elizabeth Richardson (July 12, 1920 – September 14, 2000), known professionally as Beah Richards, was an American actress and writer. Richards was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for...
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Lincoln Kilpatrick as Joe Mayfield Died 2004 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA Lincoln Kilpatrick (February 12, 1932 – May 18, 2004) was an American film, television, and stage actor..
Mary Alice
Mary Alice as Helen Mayfield Died 2022 · Indianola, Mississippi, USA Mary Alice was born on December 3, 1936 in Indianola, Mississippi, USA to parents Ozelar Jurnakin (Smith) and Sam Smith. She was an actress, known for The Matrix Revolutions (2003), Awakenings (1990)...
Director Robert Ellis Miller
Cast Robert Hooks, Cicely Tyson, Kevin Hooks, Eric Hooks, Beah Richards, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Mary Alice, Edward Binns, Sonny Jim Gaines, Minnie Gentry

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