The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Release: 1974-10-17
·Runtime: 112m
·★ 6.6
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 memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Tomorrow Entertainment
Cast
Cicely Tyson
as Jane Pittman
Eric Brown
as Jimmy (age 7)
Richard Dysart
as Master Bryant
Joel Fluellen
as Unc Isom
Will Hare
as Elbert Cluveau
Katherine Helmond
as Lady at House
Michael Murphy
as Quentin Lerner
Odetta
as Big Laura
Rod Perry
as Joe Pittman
Roy Poole
as Mister Robert
Thalmus Rasulala
as Ned (age 42)
Carol Sutton
as Vivian
Bill Walker
as Elder Banks
Collin Wilcox Paxton
as Mistress Bryant
Beatrice Winde
as Lena
Woody Chambliss
as Freedom Investigator (uncredited)
Harold Sylvester
as Sam (uncredited)
