Leadbelly
movie
You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!
Released May 28, 1976
Genres:
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.
Cast
Roger E. Mosley
as
Huddie Ledbetter
- no image
James Brodhead
as
John Lomax
- no image
John McDonald
as
Tom Pruitt
- no image
Leonard Wrentz
as
Guard
Ernie Hudson
as
Archie
- no image
Dana Manno
as
Margaret Judd
- no image
William Wintersole
as
Sheriff Gibbons
Paul Benjamin
as
Wes Ledbetter
Lynn Hamilton
as
Sally Ledbetter
Carole Lamond
as
Laura May
- no image
Melba Englander
as
Evaline
- no image
Pamela Singleton
as
Fat Bessie
Crew
- no image
Bruce Surtees
as
Director of Photography
Fred Karlin
as
Original Music Composer
Gordon Parks
as
Director
- no image
Ernest Kinoy
as
Writer
- no image
Marc Merson
as
Producer
- no image
Moe Howard
as
Editor
- no image
Robert F. Boyle
as
Production Design
- no image
John A. Kuri
as
Set Decoration
David Frost
as
Executive Producer
- no image
Jack Grossberg
as
Executive Producer
- no image
Bernadine M. Anderson
as
Makeup Artist
- no image
Eddie M. Barron
as
Hairstylist