Leadbelly (1976)
Released:
1976-05-28
Duration:
2hr 6min
Genres:
Drama
Rating 6.2
You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!
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.
Production Companies
David Paradine Productions
Paramount Pictures
Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 1.899 |
Directed By
Gordon Parks
Crew
Original Music Composer
Fred Karlin
Fred Karlin
Director of Photography
Bruce Surtees
Bruce Surtees
Production Design
Robert F. Boyle
Robert F. Boyle
Writer
Ernest Kinoy
Ernest Kinoy
Producer
Marc Merson
Marc Merson
Director
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
Set Decoration
John A. Kuri
John A. Kuri
Editor
Thomas Penick
Thomas Penick
Editor
Moe Howard
Moe Howard
Producer
David Frost
David Frost
TOP CAST
Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter
Paul Benjamin
Wes Ledbetter
Madge Sinclair
Miss Eula
Alan Manson
Prison Chief Guard
Albert Hall
Dicklicker
Art Evans
Blind Lemon Jefferson
James Brodhead
John Lomax
John Henry Faulk
Gov. Pat Neff
Lynn Hamilton
Sally Ledbetter
Ernie Hudson
Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
William Wintersole
Sheriff Gibbons
Rhetta Greene
Lethe