The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
17/10/1974
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.
Movie Information
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
David Hooks
as Colonel Dye
Elinora B. Johnson
as Mary
Warren Kenner
as Job
Dudley Knight
as Trooper Brown
Derrick Mills
as Little Ned (age 5)
Valeria Odell
as Ticey
Michael Murphy
as Quentin Lerner
Odetta
as Big Laura
Rod Perry
as Joe Pittman
Roy Poole
as Mister Robert
Josephine Premice
as Mme. Gautier
Thalmus Rasulala
as Ned (age 42)
Al Scott
as Ferry Captain
Dan Smith
as Ned (age 18)
Carol Sutton
as Vivian
Wilbur Swartz
as Confederate Colonel
Bill Walker
as Elder Banks
Collin Wilcox Paxton
as Mistress Bryant
Arnold Wilkerson
as Jimmy
Beatrice Winde
as Lena
Teddy Airhart
as Sheriff Guidry (uncredited)
Woody Chambliss
as Freedom Investigator (uncredited)
Barbara Chaney
as Amma Dean (uncredited)
Jerry Green
as Etienne (uncredited)
Jerry Leggio
as Carpetbagger (uncredited)
Harold Sylvester
as Sam (uncredited)
Tony Thomas
as Timmy (uncredited)
Brick Tilley
as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
