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Leadbelly

7.2 / 10 | 2h 6m | United States
1976 | Biography | Drama | Music
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 List (20)

Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
Director
Roger E. Mosley
Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter
Paul Benjamin
Paul Benjamin
Wes Ledbetter
Madge Sinclair
Madge Sinclair
Miss Eula
James Brodhead
James Brodhead
John Lomax
John McDonald
John McDonald
Tom Pruitt
Leonard Wrentz
Leonard Wrentz
Guard
Ernie Hudson
Ernie Hudson
Archie
Dana Manno
Dana Manno
Margaret Judd
William Wintersole
William Wintersole
Sheriff Gibbons
Lynn Hamilton
Lynn Hamilton
Sally Ledbetter
Carole Lamond
Carole Lamond
Laura May
Melba Englander
Melba Englander
Evaline
Pamela Singleton
Pamela Singleton
Fat Bessie
Rozaa Jean
Rozaa Jean
Sugar Tit
Nat Williams
Nat Williams
Albert
George Williams
George Williams
Shorty
Timothy Pickard
Timothy Pickard
Gray Man
Rhetta Greene
Rhetta Greene
Lethe
Ernest Kinoy
Ernest Kinoy
Writer

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