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Leadbelly

Leadbelly

# You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!
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📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1976-05-28
⌚ Running Time: 126 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.1

Beloved Cast

Roger E. Mosley original image
Huddie Ledbetter
Roger E. Mosley
James Brodhead original image
John Lomax
James Brodhead
John McDonald original image
Tom Pruitt
John McDonald
Leonard Wrentz original image
Guard
Leonard Wrentz
Ernie Hudson original image
Archie
Ernie Hudson
Dana Manno original image
Margaret Judd
Dana Manno
William Wintersole original image
Sheriff Gibbons
William Wintersole
Paul Benjamin original image
Wes Ledbetter
Paul Benjamin
Lynn Hamilton original image
Sally Ledbetter
Lynn Hamilton
Carole Lamond original image
Laura May
Carole Lamond
Melba Englander original image
Evaline
Melba Englander
Pamela Singleton original image
Fat Bessie
Pamela Singleton
Rozaa Jean original image
Sugar Tit
Rozaa Jean
Nat Williams original image
Albert
Nat Williams
Madge Sinclair original image
Miss Eula
Madge Sinclair
George Williams original image
Shorty
George Williams
Timothy Pickard original image
Gray Man
Timothy Pickard
Rhetta Greene original image
Lethe
Rhetta Greene
Art Evans original image
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Art Evans
William Creamer original image
Conductor
William Creamer
Dearl Croft original image
Frank
Dearl Croft
John C. Johnson original image
Will
John C. Johnson
Bill Woodard original image
Alex
Bill Woodard
Robert C. Farrow original image
Blacksmith
Robert C. Farrow
Albert Hall original image
Dicklicker
Albert Hall
Peter Harrell original image
Ally George
Peter Harrell
B.T. Henderson original image
Boss #1
B.T. Henderson
Denny Arnold original image
Boss #2
Denny Arnold
James Taylor original image
Dog Boy
James Taylor
Vivian Bonnell original image
Old Lady
Vivian Bonnell
Alan Manson original image
Captain Freeman
Alan Manson
John Henry Faulk original image
Gov. Pat Neff
John Henry Faulk
Valerie Odell original image
Amy
Valerie Odell
Drew Thomas original image
Sharecropper
Drew Thomas
John Keith original image
Guard
John Keith
Hitide Harris original image
Leadbelly (singing)
Hitide Harris

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