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14-year-old Jo Ann Foley lives in squalor in a rural Southern community during World War II. Abused by her bootlegging grandfather Hank, Jo Ann has, like her mother Marie, been forced into a life of prostitution. Periodically escaping her miserable existence, Jo Ann finds comfort, security, and genuine love with a poor but proud African American couple: Honey and Too Tall.Read moreLess
14-year-old Jo Ann Foley lives in squalor in a rural Southern community during World War II. Abused by her bootlegging grandfather Hank, Jo Ann has, like her mother Marie, been forced into a life of prostitution. Periodically escaping her miserable existence, Jo Ann finds comfort, security, and genuine love with a poor but proud African American couple: Honey and Too Tall.
The story
14-year-old Jo Ann Foley lives in squalor in a rural Southern community during World War II. Abused by her bootlegging grandfather Hank, Jo Ann has, like her mother Marie, been forced into a life of prostitution. Periodically escaping her miserable existence, Jo Ann finds comfort, security, and genuine love with a poor but proud African American couple: Honey and Too Tall.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Della ReeseHoney
Ossie DavisToo Tall
Crystal BernardMarie Foley
Madeline ZimaJo Ann Foley (age 14)
Yvonne ZimaJo Ann (age 7)
Ron WhiteHank Foley
Yolanda KingMs. Evelyn
Brenda BazinetGrandma Foley
William GreenblattBobby Foley (child)
Lynda Mason GreenJoAnn age 40
Zachary BennettYoung PaulExplore the crew
- Director
- Bruce Pittman
- Director of Photography
- Manfred Guthe
- Producer
- Philip K. Kleinbart
- Editor
- David Codron
- Original Music Composer
- Stephen Edwards