Leadbelly
You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!
1976 | 126m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Gordon Parks |
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| Writer: | Ernest Kinoy |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 28, 1976 |
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| Director: | Gordon Parks |
| Writer: | Ernest Kinoy |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | blues music |
| Production Companies | Zeeuwse Maatschappij N.V., David Paradine Productions, Brownstone Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Roger E. Mosley | Huddie Ledbetter |
| James Brodhead | John Lomax |
| John McDonald | Tom Pruitt |
| Leonard Wrentz | Guard |
| Ernie Hudson | Archie |
| Dana Manno | Margaret Judd |
| William Wintersole | Sheriff Gibbons |
| Paul Benjamin | Wes Ledbetter |
| Lynn Hamilton | Sally Ledbetter |
| Carole Lamond | Laura May |
| Melba Englander | Evaline |
| Pamela Singleton | Fat Bessie |
| Rozaa Jean | Sugar Tit |
| Nat Williams | Albert |
| Madge Sinclair | Miss Eula |
| George Williams | Shorty |
| Timothy Pickard | Gray Man |
| Rhetta Greene | Lethe |
| Art Evans | Blind Lemon Jefferson |
| William Creamer | Conductor |
| Dearl Croft | Frank |
| John C. Johnson | Will |
| Bill Woodard | Alex |
| Robert C. Farrow | Blacksmith |
| Albert Hall | Dicklicker |
| Peter Harrell | Ally George |
| B.T. Henderson | Boss #1 |
| Denny Arnold | Boss #2 |
| James Taylor | Dog Boy |
| Vivian Bonnell | Old Lady |
| Alan Manson | Captain Freeman |
| John Henry Faulk | Gov. Pat Neff |
| Valerie Odell | Amy |
| Drew Thomas | Sharecropper |
| John Keith | Guard |
| Hitide Harris | Leadbelly (singing) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ernest Kinoy | Writer |
| Moe Howard | Editor |
| Robert F. Boyle | Production Design |
| John A. Kuri | Set Decoration |
| Bruce Surtees | Director of Photography |
| Gordon Parks | Director |
| Fred Karlin | Original Music Composer, Conductor |
| Bernadine M. Anderson | Makeup Artist |
| Eddie M. Barron | Hairstylist |
| Robert Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Reuben Watt | First Assistant Director |
| Richard Alexander Wells | Second Assistant Director |
| Howard Beals | Sound Effects Editor |
| Gene S. Cantamessa | Sound Mixer |
| John Wilkinson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Denny Arnold | Stunts |
| Jim Burk | Stunts |
| Harold Jones | Stunts |
| Oscar Barber | Camera Operator |
| William D. Barber | Second Assistant Camera |
| Charles Holmes | Gaffer |
| Timothy E. Wade | First Assistant Camera |
| Robert West Sr. | Key Grip |
| Pamela Jaye Smith | Location Casting |
| Thomas Penick | Assistant Editor |
| Les Landau | Location Manager |
| David H. Cohen | Musician |
| June Edgerton | Music Editor |
| Brownie McGhee | Musician |
| Dick Rosmini | Musician |
| Sonny Terry | Musician |
| Dana Manno | Choreographer |
| Mark Lyon | Production Assistant |
| Jack M. Marino | Property Master |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Marc Merson | Producer |
| David Frost | Executive Producer |
| Jack Grossberg | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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