Leadbelly

Leadbelly
1976Drama126 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 priso... read more

  • Gordon Parks

    Director

  • Ernest Kinoy

    Writer

  • Bruce Surtees

    Director of Photography

  • Thomas Penick

    Editor

  • Moe Howard

    Editor

  • 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

    • Runtime

    126 minutes

    Released

    1976-05-28

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Brownstone Productions

    Zeeuwse Maatschappij N.V.

    David Paradine Productions

    Sound

  • Fred Karlin

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    724 days ago

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