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Leadbelly

19766.1 / 10126 min
Drama

Overview

You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!

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.

Cast

Roger E. Mosley

Roger E. Mosley

Huddie Ledbetter

Paul Benjamin

Paul Benjamin

Wes Ledbetter

Madge Sinclair

Madge Sinclair

Miss Eula

Alan Manson

Alan Manson

Prison Chief Guard

Albert Hall

Albert Hall

Dicklicker

Art Evans

Art Evans

Blind Lemon Jefferson

James Brodhead

James Brodhead

John Lomax

John Henry Faulk

John Henry Faulk

Gov. Pat Neff

Lynn Hamilton

Lynn Hamilton

Sally Ledbetter

Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson

Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)

William Wintersole

William Wintersole

Sheriff Gibbons

Rhetta Greene

Rhetta Greene

Lethe

Crew

Fred Karlin

Fred Karlin

Original Music Composer

Bruce Surtees

Bruce Surtees

Director of Photography

Robert F. Boyle

Robert F. Boyle

Production Design

Ernest Kinoy

Ernest Kinoy

Writer

Marc Merson

Marc Merson

Producer

Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks

Director

John A. Kuri

John A. Kuri

Set Decoration

Thomas Penick

Thomas Penick

Editor

Moe Howard

Moe Howard

Editor

David Frost

David Frost

Producer