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Leadbelly

Leadbelly (1976)★ 7.2/10

PG · US,GB · 126 min · April 7, 1976

  • Drama
  • Music
  • Biography

Directed by: Gordon Parks

Written by: Ernest Kinoy

Biography of the legendary folksinger, Huddie Ledbetter, master of the 12-string guitar and long-time convict on Texas and Louisiana chain gangs.

Directed by

Gordon Parks

Written by

Ernest Kinoy

Cast & crew

Roger E. MosleyHuddie LedbetterPaul BenjaminWes LedbetterMadge SinclairMiss EulaJames BrodheadJohn LomaxJohn McDonaldTom PruittLeonard WrentzGuardErnie HudsonArchieDana MannoMargaret JuddWilliam WintersoleSheriff GibbonsLynn HamiltonSally LedbetterCarole LamondLaura MayMelba EnglanderEvalinePamela SingletonFat BessieRozaa JeanSugar TitNat WilliamsAlbertGeorge WilliamsShortyTimothy PickardGray ManRhetta GreeneLetheArt EvansBlind Lemon JeffersonWilliam CreamerConductorDearl CroftFrankJohn C. JohnsonWillBill WoodardAlexRobert C. FarrowBlacksmithAlbert HallDicklikkerPeter HarrellAlly GeorgeB.T. HendersonBoss #1Denny ArnoldBoss #2James TaylorDog BoyVivian BonnellOld LadyAlan MansonCaptain FreemanJohn Henry FaulkGovernor Pat NeffValerie OdellAmyDrew ThomasSharecropperJohn KeithGuardHitide HarrisLeadbelly (singingVoice)