Just an Old Sweet Song
1976
1h 18m
7.0
US
Drama
TV Movie
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Key Crew
Robert Ellis Miller
Director
Melvin Van Peebles
Writer
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
A
Albert B. Cooper IV
Stand-in (uncredited)
