Leadbelly
28/05/1976
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.
Movie Information
Roger E. Mosley
as Huddie Ledbetter
James Brodhead
as John Lomax
John McDonald
as Tom Pruitt
Leonard Wrentz
as Guard
Ernie Hudson
as Archie
Dana Manno
as Margaret Judd
William Wintersole
as Sheriff Gibbons
Paul Benjamin
as Wes Ledbetter
Lynn Hamilton
as Sally Ledbetter
Carole Lamond
as Laura May
Melba Englander
as Evaline
Pamela Singleton
as Fat Bessie
Rozaa Jean
as Sugar Tit
Nat Williams
as Albert
Madge Sinclair
as Miss Eula
George Williams
as Shorty
Timothy Pickard
as Gray Man
Rhetta Greene
as Lethe
Art Evans
as Blind Lemon Jefferson
William Creamer
as Conductor
Dearl Croft
as Frank
John C. Johnson
as Will
Bill Woodard
as Alex
Robert C. Farrow
as Blacksmith
Albert Hall
as Dicklicker
Peter Harrell
as Ally George
B.T. Henderson
as Boss #1
Denny Arnold
as Boss #2
James Taylor
as Dog Boy
Vivian Bonnell
as Old Lady
Alan Manson
as Captain Freeman
John Henry Faulk
as Gov. Pat Neff
Valerie Odell
as Amy
Drew Thomas
as Sharecropper
John Keith
as Guard
Hitide Harris
as Leadbelly (singing)
