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Leadbelly

Leadbelly

You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!May. 28, 1976126 Min.
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Synopsis

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.

Original title Leadbelly
IMDb Rating 7.2
TMDb Rating 6.1 7 votes

Director

Gordon Parks
Director

Cast

Roger E. Mosley isHuddie Ledbetter
Huddie Ledbetter
Paul Benjamin isWes Ledbetter
Wes Ledbetter
Alan Manson isPrison Chief Guard
Prison Chief Guard
Albert Hall isDicklicker
Dicklicker
Art Evans isBlind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson
James Brodhead isJohn Lomax
John Lomax
John Henry Faulk isGov. Pat Neff
Gov. Pat Neff
Lynn Hamilton isSally Ledbetter
Sally Ledbetter
Ernie Hudson isArchie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
William Wintersole isSheriff Gibbons
Sheriff Gibbons

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