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Cast

Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson

Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson

Himself

Crew

Tom Davenport

Tom Davenport

Producer

Allen Tullos

Allen Tullos

Producer

Daniel W. Patterson

Daniel W. Patterson

Producer

Tom Davenport

Tom Davenport

Cinematography

Louise B. Steig

Louise B. Steig

Editor

Tom Davenport

Tom Davenport

Director

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Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson

19766.0 / 1029 min
Documentary, Music

Overview

A portrait of Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson --black harmonica player, singer, and comedian who made his living "busking" on the street and performing in patent-medicine shows touring southern towns. Footage includes excerpts from one of his last medicine shows, videotaped at a county fair in 1972, and material filmed near his home in South Carolina in 1975. The performance includes harmonica solos, songs, a parody of a chanted sermon, folktales and reminiscences, and three buck dances.