Leadbelly
Leadbelly

Leadbelly

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1976
2h 6m
6.1(7 votes)
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.

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Roger E. Mosley

Huddie Ledbetter

Roger E. Mosley
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James Brodhead

John Lomax

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John McDonald

Tom Pruitt

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Leonard Wrentz

Guard

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Ernie Hudson

Archie

Ernie Hudson
Crew

Dana Manno

Margaret Judd

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William Wintersole

Sheriff Gibbons

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Paul Benjamin

Wes Ledbetter

Paul Benjamin
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Lynn Hamilton

Sally Ledbetter

Lynn Hamilton
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Carole Lamond

Laura May

Carole Lamond
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Melba Englander

Evaline

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Pamela Singleton

Fat Bessie

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Rozaa Jean

Sugar Tit

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Nat Williams

Albert

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Madge Sinclair

Miss Eula

Madge Sinclair
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George Williams

Shorty

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Timothy Pickard

Gray Man

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Rhetta Greene

Lethe

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Art Evans

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Art Evans
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William Creamer

Conductor

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Dearl Croft

Frank

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John C. Johnson

Will

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Bill Woodard

Alex

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Robert C. Farrow

Blacksmith

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Albert Hall

Dicklicker

Albert Hall
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Peter Harrell

Ally George

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B.T. Henderson

Boss #1

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Denny Arnold

Boss #2

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James Taylor

Dog Boy

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Vivian Bonnell

Old Lady

Vivian Bonnell
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Alan Manson

Captain Freeman

Alan Manson
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John Henry Faulk

Gov. Pat Neff

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Valerie Odell

Amy

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Drew Thomas

Sharecropper

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John Keith

Guard

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Hitide Harris

Leadbelly (singing)

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