Leadbelly (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.
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Cast
- Roger E. Mosley — Huddie Ledbetter
- James Brodhead — John Lomax
- John McDonald — Tom Pruitt
- Leonard Wrentz — Guard
- Ernie Hudson — Archie
- Dana Manno — Margaret Judd
- William Wintersole — Sheriff Gibbons
- Paul Benjamin — Wes Ledbetter
- Lynn Hamilton — Sally Ledbetter
- Carole Lamond — Laura May
- Melba Englander — Evaline
- Pamela Singleton — Fat Bessie
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