Huddie Ledbetter
Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter
Leadbelly
“You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!”
6.1
1976
2h 6m
Drama
Director: Gordon Parks
Overview
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
John Lomax
James Brodhead
John Lomax
Tom Pruitt
John McDonald
Tom Pruitt
Guard
Leonard Wrentz
Guard
Archie
Ernie Hudson
Archie
Margaret Judd
Dana Manno
Margaret Judd
Sheriff Gibbons
William Wintersole
Sheriff Gibbons
Wes Ledbetter
Paul Benjamin
Wes Ledbetter
Sally Ledbetter
Lynn Hamilton
Sally Ledbetter
Laura May
Carole Lamond
Laura May
Evaline
Melba Englander
Evaline
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Pamela Singleton
Fat Bessie
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