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Leadbelly

62 %|May 28, 1976|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Bruce Surtees
Director of Photography
Fred Karlin
Original Music Composer
Moe Howard
Editor
Robert F. Boyle
Production Design
Marc Merson
Producer
Gordon Parks
Director
Ernest Kinoy
Writer
Thomas Penick
Editor

Cast

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Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter
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Paul Benjamin
Wes Ledbetter
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Alan Manson
Prison Chief Guard
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Albert Hall
Dicklicker
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Art Evans
Blind Lemon Jefferson
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James Brodhead
John Lomax
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John Henry Faulk
Gov. Pat Neff
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Lynn Hamilton
Sally Ledbetter
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Ernie Hudson
Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
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William Wintersole
Sheriff Gibbons