The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)

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.

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  • Release Date: 1974-01-31
  • Runtime: 1h 52min
  • Director: John Korty

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • 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)

    • Valeria 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)

    • Al Scott

      Ferry Captain

    • Dan Smith

      Ned (age 18)

    • Carol Sutton

      Vivian

    • Wilbur Swartz

      Confederate Colonel

    • Bill Walker

      Elder Banks

    • Collin Wilcox Paxton

      Mistress Bryant

    • Arnold Wilkerson

      Jimmy

    • Beatrice Winde

      Lena

    • Teddy Airhart

      Sheriff Guidry (uncredited)

    • Woody Chambliss

      Freedom Investigator (uncredited)

    • Barbara Chaney

      Amma Dean (uncredited)

    • Jerry Green

      Etienne (uncredited)

    • Jerry Leggio

      Carpetbagger (uncredited)

    • Harold Sylvester

      Sam (uncredited)

    • Tony Thomas

      Timmy (uncredited)

    • Brick Tilley

      Rebel Soldier (uncredited)

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