1974 • NR • 1h 52m
6.3/10
(22 users) 
Overview
In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist ar 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.
6.3/10
(22 users) Cast / Crew 
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 Ernest J. Gaines Novel 
John Korty Director Tracy Keenan Wynn Screenplay Nathan Haggard Second Assistant Director Charles T. Knight Sound 
Stan Winston Makeup Supervisor Ric Rondell First Assistant Director Mike Klein Assistant Editor Lynda Gurasich Hairstylist James A. Corbett Sound Re-Recording Mixer Terry D. Frazee Special Effects Stan Winston Makeup Effects 
Rick Baker Makeup Artist James Crabe Director of Photography Robert W. Christiansen Producer
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 Ernest J. Gaines Novel John Korty Director Tracy Keenan Wynn Screenplay Nathan Haggard Second Assistant Director Charles T. Knight Sound Stan Winston Makeup Supervisor Ric Rondell First Assistant Director Mike Klein Assistant Editor Lynda Gurasich Hairstylist James A. Corbett Sound Re-Recording Mixer Terry D. Frazee Special Effects Stan Winston Makeup Effects Rick Baker Makeup Artist James Crabe Director of Photography Robert W. Christiansen Producer 
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