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Leadbelly (1976)

PG ★ 6.1/10 126 min Drama United States English
Director: Gordon Parks
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
Streaming: Not available
You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!

Description

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.

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Roger E. Mosley
Roger E. Mosley Huddie Ledbetter
James Brodhead John Lomax
John McDonald Tom Pruitt
Leonard Wrentz Guard
Ernie Hudson
Ernie Hudson Archie
Dana Manno Margaret Judd
William Wintersole Sheriff Gibbons
Paul Benjamin
Paul Benjamin Wes Ledbetter

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