1976
6.1 (7 votes)
2h 6m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
David Paradine Productions
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Leadbelly
You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!
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.
Key Crew
Director of Photography: Bruce Surtees
Director: Gordon Parks
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
Producer: Marc Merson, David Frost
Top Cast
Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter
Paul Benjamin
Wes Ledbetter
Madge Sinclair
Miss Eula
Alan Manson
Prison Chief Guard
Albert Hall
Dicklicker
Art Evans
Blind Lemon Jefferson
James Brodhead
John Lomax
John Henry Faulk
Gov. Pat Neff
