A proud widow. A frightened homeless kid. Nobody cared about them until they cared enough to fight for each other.
A poor, elderly white woman living in a tenement in a black ghetto is befriended by a neighborhood boy, and the two of them form a mutually beneficial relationship: he provides her companionship and protection, and she becomes the mother he never had.
Bette DavisEstelle Malone
Ernest Harden Jr.B.T. Williamson
Eileen HeckartThree Bag Lady
Virginia CapersGorilla Sydney
Anne RamseyHeavy Charm
Lurene TuttleMrs. McIntyre
Tony BurtonBlack Fighter
Peg ShirleyJudge Alice Quentin
Ernie HudsonCounsellorDan MasonFather Gannon
Vincent SchiavelliMedicCheryl HarveyProbation Woman
Jesse D. GoinsIntern
John HancockTall Black ManLanyard A. WilliamsYoung Man
