Leadbelly

Name: Leadbelly
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976-05-28
Duration: 2 h 6 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Roger E. Mosley, James Brodhead, John McDonald, Leonard Wrentz, Ernie Hudson

You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!

Leadbelly (1976)

Timing: 2:6 (126 min)

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Release date

1976-05-28

Country

United States

Production

David Paradine Productions, Brownstone Productions, Zeeuwse Maatschappij N.V.

Genre

Drama

Budget

Box office

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Director

Gordon Parks

Actors

Roger E. Mosley, James Brodhead, John McDonald, Leonard Wrentz, Ernie Hudson, Dana Manno, William Wintersole, Paul Benjamin, Lynn Hamilton, Carole Lamond
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Scenario

Ernest Kinoy

Producer

Marc Merson, David Frost, Jack Grossberg

Camera operator

Bruce Surtees

Composer

Fred Karlin

Artist

Robert F. Boyle

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Editing

Moe Howard
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Short 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.