The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

6.6 1974 112 min
Drama TV Movie

In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memoriesā€¦

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Director
John Korty
Writer
Tracy Keenan Wynn

Cast

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Cicely Tyson Jane Pittman
Eric Brown Jimmy (age 7)
Richard Dysart Master Bryant
Joel Fluellen Unc Isom
Will Hare Elbert Cluveau
Katherine Helmond Lady at House
David Hooks Colonel Dye
Elinora B. Johnson Mary
Warren Kenner Job
Dudley Knight Trooper Brown
Derrick Mills Little Ned (age 5)
Valerie Odell Ticey
Michael Murphy Quentin Lerner
Odetta Big Laura
Rod Perry Joe Pittman
Roy Poole Mister Robert
Josephine Premice Mme. Gautier
Thalmus Rasulala Ned (age 42)

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