Leadbelly

Leadbelly

126 mins | Drama | May 28, 1976

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.

Leadbelly

126 mins | Drama | May 28, 1976

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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Brownstone Productions, Zeeuwse Maatschappij N.V., David Paradine Productions
Original title Leadbelly
Directors Gordon Parks
Writers Ernest Kinoy

Cast

Roger E. Mosley

as Huddie Ledbetter

Paul Benjamin

as Wes Ledbetter

Madge Sinclair

as Miss Eula

Alan Manson

as Prison Chief Guard

Albert Hall

as Dicklicker

Art Evans

as Blind Lemon Jefferson

James Brodhead

as John Lomax

John Henry Faulk

as Gov. Pat Neff

Lynn Hamilton

as Sally Ledbetter

Ernie Hudson

as Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)

William Wintersole

as Sheriff Gibbons