The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)

ALL 01/31/1974 (en) Drama, TV Movie 112 Min
  • Release
    01/31/1974
  • Production
    Tomorrow Entertainment
  • Rotten tomato
    63%
  • Original title
    The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. John Korty

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Sidney Levin

    Editor



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  1. Cicely Tyson

    Jane Pittman

  2. Eric Brown

    Jimmy (age 7)

  3. Richard Dysart

    Master Bryant

  4. Joel Fluellen

    Unc Isom

  5. Will Hare

    Elbert Cluveau

  6. Katherine Helmond

    Lady at House

  7. David Hooks

    Colonel Dye

  8. Elinora B. Johnson

    Mary

  9. Warren Kenner

    Job

  10. Dudley Knight

    Trooper Brown

  11. Derrick Mills

    Little Ned (age 5)

  12. Valeria Odell

    Ticey

  13. Michael Murphy

    Quentin Lerner

  14. Odetta

    Big Laura

  15. Rod Perry

    Joe Pittman

  16. Roy Poole

    Mister Robert

  17. Josephine Premice

    Mme. Gautier

  18. Thalmus Rasulala

    Ned (age 42)

  19. Al Scott

    Ferry Captain

  20. Dan Smith

    Ned (age 18)

  21. Carol Sutton

    Vivian

  22. Wilbur Swartz

    Confederate Colonel

  23. Bill Walker

    Elder Banks

  24. Collin Wilcox Paxton

    Mistress Bryant

  25. Arnold Wilkerson

    Jimmy

  26. Beatrice Winde

    Lena

  27. Teddy Airhart

    Sheriff Guidry (uncredited)

  28. Woody Chambliss

    Freedom Investigator (uncredited)

  29. Barbara Chaney

    Amma Dean (uncredited)

  30. Jerry Green

    Etienne (uncredited)

  31. Jerry Leggio

    Carpetbagger (uncredited)

  32. Harold Sylvester

    Sam (uncredited)

  33. Tony Thomas

    Timmy (uncredited)

  34. Brick Tilley

    Rebel Soldier (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 34 , Crews : 21

Keyword

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974) 112 Min

ALL 01/31/1974 (en)
Drama, TV Movie
  • Release 01/31/1974
  • Production
    Tomorrow Entertainment
  • Original title The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. John Korty

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Sidney Levin

    Editor

  4. Rick Rosenberg, Philip Barry Jr., Robert W. Christiansen

    Producer