
May 28, 1976
2h 6m
6.4
Gordon Parks
Ernest Kinoy
8

David Paradine Productions
GB
Brownstone Productions
US
Zeeuwse Maatschappij N.V.
US
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.

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
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