Great Performances

Driving Miss Daisy: Hoke Gets a Raise

Clip: Season 42 Episode 18 | 2m 56s

Hoke Colburn (James Earl Jones), a chauffeur for Daisy Werthan, asks her son Boolie Werthan (Boyd Gaines) for a raise after he receives a competing job offer. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play stars five-time Tony Award winner and three-time Academy Award nominee Angela Lansbury and two-time Tony Award winner and Academy Award winner James Earl Jones as Daisy Werthan and Hoke Colburn.

Aired: 07/17/15

Rating: NR

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