CinemaOSMovie · 1976 · 2h 6m · PG

Leadbelly

You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!

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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.

Directed byGordon Parks

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 6m
Language
EN
Released
May 28, 1976
Studios
David Paradine ProductionsBrownstone ProductionsZeeuwse Maatschappij N.V.

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Roger E. Mosley

Roger E. Mosley

Huddie Ledbetter

James Brodhead

John Lomax

John McDonald

Tom Pruitt

Leonard Wrentz

Guard

Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson

Archie

Dana Manno

Margaret Judd

William Wintersole

Sheriff Gibbons

Paul Benjamin

Paul Benjamin

Wes Ledbetter

Lynn Hamilton

Lynn Hamilton

Sally Ledbetter

Carole Lamond

Carole Lamond

Laura May

Creative team
Directed by
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
Written by
Ernest Kinoy
Produced by
Marc Merson

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