Just an Old Sweet Song

Duration: 78 min

Release date: 1976-09-14

IMDB

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.

Drama TV Movie

Just an Old Sweet Song

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as Nate Simmons

as Priscilla Simmons

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Lincoln Kilpatrick

as Joe Mayfield

as Helen Mayfield

as Mr. Claypool

Sonny Jim Gaines

Sonny Jim Gaines

Albert B. Cooper IV

Albert B. Cooper IV

as Stand-in (uncredited)

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Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles

Philip Barry Jr.

Philip Barry Jr.

Director of Photography

Robert Ellis Miller

Robert Ellis Miller

Argyle Nelson Jr.

Argyle Nelson Jr.

David Hamburger

David Hamburger

First Assistant Director

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