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.
Videos
Watch Providers
Casting arrow_drop_down
Roger E. Mosley
as Huddie Ledbetter
as Huddie Ledbetter
Paul Benjamin
as Wes Ledbetter
as Wes Ledbetter
Madge Sinclair
as Miss Eula
as Miss Eula
Alan Manson
as Prison Chief Guard
as Prison Chief Guard
Albert Hall
as Dicklicker
as Dicklicker
Art Evans
as Blind Lemon Jefferson
as Blind Lemon Jefferson
James Brodhead
as John Lomax
as John Lomax
John Henry Faulk
as Gov. Pat Neff
as Gov. Pat Neff
Lynn Hamilton
as Sally Ledbetter
as Sally Ledbetter
Ernie Hudson
as Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
as Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
William Wintersole
as Sheriff Gibbons
as Sheriff Gibbons
Rhetta Greene
as Lethe
as Lethe
arrow_drop_down
Crew arrow_drop_down
Bruce Surtees
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Fred Karlin
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Gordon Parks
Director
Director
Ernest Kinoy
Writer
Writer
Marc Merson
Producer
Producer
Moe Howard
Editor
Editor
Thomas Penick
Editor
Editor
Robert F. Boyle
Production Design
Production Design
John A. Kuri
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
David Frost
Producer
Producer
arrow_drop_down
