Movie · 1999
The Secret Path
Released 2 April 1999 98 min Drama / TV Movie More from 1999 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Ossie Davis
as Too Tall
Della Reese
as Honey
Ron White
as Hank Foley
Yolanda King
as Ms. Evelyn
Brenda Bazinet
as Grandma Foley
Crystal Bernard
as Marie Foley
Vince Corazza
as Karl
Aimée Castle
as Lydia
Zachary Bennett
as Young Paul
Madeline Zima
as Jo Ann Foley (age 14)
William Greenblatt
as Bobby Foley (child)
Yvonne Zima
as Jo Ann (age 7)
Lynda Mason Green
as JoAnn age 40
David Roemmele
as Bobby age 15
Johnie Chase
as Dr. Joe
Nola Augustson
as School Teacher
Karen Glave
as Elizabeth
Jonathan Whittaker
as Older Paul
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The numbers
71years between the oldest and youngest billed
81Ossie Davis — oldest on the call sheet
10Yvonne Zima — youngest billed
35average age of the credited cast