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Leadbelly (1976)
7.2 (958) R13
Age rating
2h 6min
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Synopsis
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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Cast
Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter
James Brodhead
John Lomax
Ernie Hudson
Archie
William Wintersole
Sheriff Gibbons
Paul Benjamin
Wes Ledbetter
Lynn Hamilton
Sally Ledbetter
Carol Lamond
Laura May
Melba Englander
Evaline
Madge Sinclair
Miss Eula
George Williams
Shorty
Rhetta Greene
Lethe
Art Evans
Blind Lemon Jefferson
William Creamer
Conductor
John C. Johnson
Will
Bill Woodard
Alex
Albert Hall
Dicklicker
Denny Arnold
Boss #2
Vivian Bonnell
Old Lady
Alan Manson
Captain Freeman
John Henry Faulk
Gov. Pat Neff
John Keith
Guard
