Overview
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.
Cast
- Della Reese as Honey
- Ossie Davis as Too Tall
- Crystal Bernard as Marie Foley
- Madeline Zima as Jo Ann Foley (age 14)
- Yvonne Zima as Jo Ann (age 7)
- Ron White as Hank Foley
- Yolanda King as Ms. Evelyn
- Brenda Bazinet as Grandma Foley
- William Greenblatt as Bobby Foley (child)
- Lynda Mason Green as JoAnn age 40