Movie Description
Leadbelly
(1976)Overview
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and before the time he spent there.
Featured Crew
- Director : Gordon Parks
- Producer : Marc Merson,David Frost
- Writer : Ernest Kinoy
- Editor : Moe Howard,Thomas Penick
- Cast : Roger E. Mosley,Paul Benjamin,Madge Sinclair,Alan Manson,Albert Hall,Art Evans,James Brodhead,John Henry Faulk,Lynn Hamilton,Ernie Hudson,William Wintersole,Rhetta Greene
Cast
Huddie Ledbetter
Wes Ledbetter
Miss Eula
Prison Chief Guard
Dicklicker
Blind Lemon Jefferson
John Lomax
Gov. Pat Neff
Sally Ledbetter
Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
Sheriff Gibbons
Lethe
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Facts
Original TitleLeadbelly
Status Released
Release Information
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1976-05-28
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 06m
Production CompaniesDavid Paradine Productions,Paramount Pictures
Genres
- Drama
