Leadbelly
(1976)

You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!

Released: 1976-05-28

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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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Roger E. Mosley

as Huddie Ledbetter

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Paul Benjamin

as Wes Ledbetter

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Madge Sinclair

as Miss Eula

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Alan Manson

as Prison Chief Guard

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Albert Hall

as Dicklicker

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Art Evans

as Blind Lemon Jefferson

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James Brodhead

as John Lomax

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John Henry Faulk

as Gov. Pat Neff

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Lynn Hamilton

as Sally Ledbetter

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Ernie Hudson

as Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)

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Robert F. Boyle

Production Design

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John A. Kuri

Set Decoration

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Bruce Surtees

Director of Photography

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Fred Karlin

Original Music Composer

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