Leadbelly
You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!
1976 | 126m | English
Popularity: 2 (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: | Drama |
| Keywords | biography, blues music |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Brownstone Productions, David Paradine Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Roger E. Mosley | Huddie Ledbetter |
| Paul Benjamin | Wes Ledbetter |
| Madge Sinclair | Miss Eula |
| Alan Manson | Prison Chief Guard |
| Albert Hall | Dicklicker |
| Art Evans | Blind Lemon Jefferson |
| James Brodhead | John Lomax |
| John Henry Faulk | Gov. Pat Neff |
| Lynn Hamilton | Sally Ledbetter |
| Ernie Hudson | Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson) |
| William Wintersole | Sheriff Gibbons |
| Rhetta Greene | Lethe |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gordon Parks | Director |
| Ernest Kinoy | Writer |
| Moe Howard | Editor |
| Thomas Penick | Editor |
| Robert F. Boyle | Production Design |
| John A. Kuri | Set Decoration |
| Bruce Surtees | Director of Photography |
| Fred Karlin | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Marc Merson | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
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