Leadbelly (1976)

You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!

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 (36)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Roger E. Mosley

Huddie Ledbetter

J

James Brodhead

John Lomax

J

John McDonald

Tom Pruitt

L

Leonard Wrentz

Guard

Ernie Hudson

Archie

D

Dana Manno

Margaret Judd

W

William Wintersole

Sheriff Gibbons

Paul Benjamin

Wes Ledbetter

Lynn Hamilton

Sally Ledbetter

Carole Lamond

Laura May

M

Melba Englander

Evaline

P

Pamela Singleton

Fat Bessie

R

Rozaa Jean

Sugar Tit

N

Nat Williams

Albert

Madge Sinclair

Miss Eula

G

George Williams

Shorty

T

Timothy Pickard

Gray Man

R

Rhetta Greene

Lethe

Art Evans

Blind Lemon Jefferson

W

William Creamer

Conductor

D

Dearl Croft

Frank

J

John C. Johnson

Will

B

Bill Woodard

Alex

R

Robert C. Farrow

Blacksmith

Albert Hall

Dicklicker

P

Peter Harrell

Ally George

B

B.T. Henderson

Boss #1

D

Denny Arnold

Boss #2

J

James Taylor

Dog Boy

Vivian Bonnell

Old Lady

Alan Manson

Captain Freeman

J

John Henry Faulk

Gov. Pat Neff

V

Valerie Odell

Amy

D

Drew Thomas

Sharecropper

J

John Keith

Guard

H

Hitide Harris

Leadbelly (singing)

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