The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
movie
Released October 17, 1974
Overview
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.
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
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David Hooks
as
Colonel Dye
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Elinora B. Johnson
as
Mary
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Warren Kenner
as
Job
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Dudley Knight
as
Trooper Brown
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Derrick Mills
as
Little Ned (age 5)
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Valerie Odell
as
Ticey
Crew
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Ernest J. Gaines
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Novel
John Korty
as
Director
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Tracy Keenan Wynn
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Screenplay
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Nathan Haggard
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Second Assistant Director
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Charles T. Knight
as
Sound
Stan Winston
as
Makeup Supervisor
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Ric Rondell
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First Assistant Director
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Mike Klein
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Assistant Editor
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Lynda Gurasich
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Hairstylist
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James A. Corbett
as
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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Terry D. Frazee
as
Special Effects
Stan Winston
as
Makeup Effects