Della Reese and Ossie Davis play a couple who nurture a neglected white youngster in the South. Told via flashbacks, the story traces the troubled youth of Jo Ann, a bootlegger's illegitimate granddaughter, seen at 7 (Yvonne Zima) and 14 (Madeline Zima). Marie: Crystal Bernard. Evelyn: Yolanda King. Hank Foley: Ron White. Elsie Foley: Brenda Bazinet. Jo Ann at 40: Lyn Mason Green. Bobby at 8: William Greenblat. Bobby at 15: David Roemmele.