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.

Top Cast

Della Reese

Honey

Ossie Davis

Too Tall

Crystal Bernard

Marie Foley

Madeline Zima

Jo Ann Foley (age 14)

Yvonne Zima

Jo Ann (age 7)

Ron White

Hank Foley

Yolanda King

Ms. Evelyn

Brenda Bazinet

Grandma Foley

William Greenblatt

Bobby Foley (child)

Lynda Mason Green

JoAnn age 40

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David Roemmele

Bobby age 15

Zachary Bennett

Young Paul