Just an Old Sweet Song poster

Just an Old Sweet Song poster

Just an Old Sweet Song

1976 1h 18m 7Movie

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.

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Robert Ellis Miller

Director

Melvin Van Peebles

Writer

Top Cast

Robert Hooks

Robert Hooks

Nate Simmons

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Priscilla Simmons

Kevin Hooks

Kevin Hooks

Junior

Eric Hooks

Highpockets

Beah Richards

Beah Richards

Grandma

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Joe Mayfield

Mary Alice

Mary Alice

Helen Mayfield

Edward Binns

Edward Binns

Mr. Claypool

Sonny Jim Gaines

Trunk

Minnie Gentry

Minnie Gentry

Aunt Velvet

Tia Rance

Darlene

Philip Wende

Sheriff

Albert B. Cooper IV

Stand-in (uncredited)