Leadbelly
(1976)
May 28, 1976• 2h 6m
61%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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.
Gordon Parks
Director
Top Billed Cast
REM
Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter
JB
James Brodhead
John Lomax
JM
John McDonald
Tom Pruitt
LW
Leonard Wrentz
Guard
EH
Ernie Hudson
Archie
DM
Dana Manno
Margaret Judd
WW
William Wintersole
Sheriff Gibbons
PB
Paul Benjamin
Wes Ledbetter
LH
Lynn Hamilton
Sally Ledbetter
CL
Carole Lamond
Laura May
