I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)


  • Genre: Drama, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1979-04-28
  • User Rating: 3.7/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Tomorrow Entertainment
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Fielder Cook
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From 7 Ratings

Summary

Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.

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  • Paul Benjamin

    as Freeman

  • Diahann Carroll

    as Vivian

  • Ruby Dee

    as Grandmother Baxter

  • Roger E. Mosley

    as Bailey, Sr.

  • Esther Rolle

    as Momma

  • Madge Sinclair

    as Miss Flowers

  • Sonny Jim Gaines

    as Uncle Willie

  • Art Evans

    as Principal

  • Constance Good

    as Maya

  • John M. Driver II

    as Bailey, Jr.

  • Georgia Allen

    as Mrs. Gurney

  • J. Don Ferguson

    as Mr. Donleavy

  • Tonea Stewart

    as Lillie

  • Monica Kyles

    as Julie

  • Rick Salassi

    as Parmenian

  • Lewis Liddell

    as Tommy

  • Sammy Liddell

    as Ira

  • Sylvester Spann

    as Tutti

  • Shaunery Stevens

    as Policeman

  • Hosie Phillips

    as Preacher

  • Myra Jo Arvin

    as Red

  • George Cummins

    as Sheriff Rogers

  • Torain

    as Teacher

  • Darleen Taylor

    as Girl #1

  • Laurie Waters

    as Tall Girl

  • Mose Lee Williams

    as Mrs. Fletcher #1

  • Frankie Mitchell

    as Mrs. Fletcher #2

  • M.L. Breeland

    as Mr. Peters

  • Angela Brown

    as Kitty

  • Abbie Burns

    as Mary

  • Johnny Lewis

    as Picker #1

  • John L. Patterson

    as Man

  • James Peters

    as 2nd Man

  • Melvin Kennerly

    as 3rd Man

  • Shirley Perkins

    as Woman

  • John C. Roper Jr.

    as White Man

  • Terri Ann Ross

    as Small Girl

  • I.D. Thompson

    as Black Man

  • Darryl Antony Williams

    as Tommy Valdon
Directing Fielder Cook Director
Writing Leonora Thuna Writer
Writing Maya Angelou Writer
Writing Maya Angelou Novel
Editing Frank J. Urioste Editor
Camera Ralph Woolsey Director of Photography
Sound Peter Matz Original Music Composer
Production Thomas W. Moore Executive Producer
Production Jean Moore Edwards Producer
Production Caro Jones Casting
Art Carl Anderson Art Direction

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