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    Leadbelly

    126'

    1976-05-28

    6.4

    You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!

    Drama

    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.

    DirectingGordon ParksWritingErnest Kinoy

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    Cast

    1

    Huddie Ledbetter

    Roger E. Mosley

    1

    John Lomax

    James Brodhead

    1

    Tom Pruitt

    John McDonald

    1

    Guard

    Leonard Wrentz

    3

    Archie

    Ernie Hudson

    1

    Margaret Judd

    Dana Manno

    1

    Sheriff Gibbons

    William Wintersole

    1

    Wes Ledbetter

    Paul Benjamin

    1

    Sally Ledbetter

    Lynn Hamilton

    1

    Laura May

    Carole Lamond

    1

    Evaline

    Melba Englander

    1

    Fat Bessie

    Pamela Singleton

    1

    Sugar Tit

    Rozaa Jean

    1

    Albert

    Nat Williams

    1

    Miss Eula

    Madge Sinclair

    1

    Shorty

    George Williams

    1

    Gray Man

    Timothy Pickard

    1

    Lethe

    Rhetta Greene

    1

    Blind Lemon Jefferson

    Art Evans

    1

    Conductor

    William Creamer

    1

    Frank

    Dearl Croft

    1

    Will

    John C. Johnson

    1

    Alex

    Bill Woodard

    1

    Blacksmith

    Robert C. Farrow

    1

    Dicklicker

    Albert Hall

    1

    Ally George

    Peter Harrell

    1

    Boss #1

    B.T. Henderson

    1

    Boss #2

    Denny Arnold

    1

    Dog Boy

    James Taylor

    1

    Old Lady

    Vivian Bonnell

    1

    Captain Freeman

    Alan Manson

    1

    Gov. Pat Neff

    John Henry Faulk

    1

    Amy

    Valerie Odell

    1

    Sharecropper

    Drew Thomas

    N/A

    Guard

    John Keith

    1

    Leadbelly (singing)

    Hitide Harris

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. David Paradine Productions
      2. Brownstone Productions
      3. Zeeuwse Maatschappij N.V.
    • Vote Count: 8
    • Popularity: 1.2168
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Leadbelly

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