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
- Writer : Ernest Kinoy
- Editor : Moe Howard
- Cast : Roger E. Mosley,James Brodhead,John McDonald,Leonard Wrentz,Ernie Hudson,Dana Manno,William Wintersole,Paul Benjamin,Lynn Hamilton,Carole Lamond,Melba Englander,Pamela Singleton,Rozaa Jean,Nat Williams,Madge Sinclair,George Williams,Timothy Pickard,Rhetta Greene,Art Evans,William Creamer,Dearl Croft,John C. Johnson,Bill Woodard,Robert C. Farrow,Albert Hall,Peter Harrell,B.T. Henderson,Denny Arnold,James Taylor,Vivian Bonnell,Alan Manson,John Henry Faulk,Valerie Odell,Drew Thomas,John Keith,Hitide Harris
Cast
Huddie Ledbetter
John Lomax
Tom Pruitt
Guard
Archie
Margaret Judd
Sheriff Gibbons
Wes Ledbetter
Sally Ledbetter
Laura May
Evaline
Fat Bessie
Sugar Tit
Albert
Miss Eula
Shorty
Gray Man
Lethe
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Conductor
Frank
Will
Alex
Blacksmith
Dicklicker
Ally George
Boss #1
Boss #2
Dog Boy
Old Lady
Captain Freeman
Gov. Pat Neff
Amy
Sharecropper
Guard
Leadbelly (singing)
Posters
Recommendations
Bessie
6.391
Blaze
6.288
All Eyez on Me
6.712
Cass
5.9
Born to Be Blue
6.533
Get On Up
6.761
Black Snake Moan
6.834
Effie Gray
5.9
Hounddog
6.409
Adam
6.36
Cadillac Records
7.088
Driven
6.205
The Doors
7.1
Border Hunters
6.154
Shirley
6.106
Dalíland
5.923
Hands of Stone
6.605
Facts
Original TitleLeadbelly
Status Released
Release Information
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1976-05-28
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 06m
Production CompaniesDavid Paradine Productions,Brownstone Productions,Zeeuwse Maatschappij N.V.
Genres
- Drama
