Directed by Gerren Keith   Written by Eric Monte   Mike Evans   Norman Lear   Lou Derman   Bill Davenport   Cast Esther Rolle ... Florida Evans Ja'net DuBois ... Willona Woods (as Ja'net Du Bois) Ralph Carter ... Michael Evans BernNadette Stanis ... Thelma Evans (as Bern Nadette Stanis) Jimmie 'JJ' Walker ... James 'J.J.' Evans, Jr. Johnny Brown ... Nathan Bookman Helen Martin ... Weeping Wanda Williams Irwin C. Watson ... Calvin Ferguson Nick LaTour ... Rev. Gordon Minnie Summers Lindsey ... Mrs. Gordon (as Minnie Lindsey) Raymond Allen ... Ned the Wino (as Raymond G. Allen) Henry Harris ... 1st Man Lee Weaver ... 2nd Man Matthew 'Stymie' Beard ... Monty (as Stymie Beard) Produced by Austin Kalish   Irma Kalish   Norman Lear   Allan Manings   George Sunga

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