Leadbelly

1976    2h 6m    PG
7.250%62%
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 By
Gordon Parks
Written By
Ernest Kinoy
Studio
Brownstone Productions, David Paradine Productions, Paramount
Cast of Leadbelly
  • Roger E. MosleyHuddie Ledbetter
  • Paul BenjaminWes Ledbetter
  • Madge SinclairMiss Eula
  • Alan MansonPrison Chief Guard
  • Albert HallDicklicker
  • Art EvansBlind Lemon Jefferson
  • James BrodheadJohn Lomax
  • John Henry FaulkGov. Pat Neff
  • Lynn HamiltonSally Ledbetter
  • Ernie HudsonArchie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
  • William WintersoleSheriff Gibbons
  • Rhetta GreeneLethe
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