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