Leadbelly

Leadbelly (1976)

You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1976-05-28
  • User Rating: 6.1/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 6min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: David Paradine Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Gordon Parks
star 6.1/10
From 7 Ratings
7.2

Summary

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.

Leadbelly Trailer

Is Leadbelly on Netflix?

Is Leadbelly on Netflix? Unfortunately the movie Leadbelly is not yet available on Netflix.

  • Roger E. Mosley

    as Huddie Ledbetter

  • James Brodhead

    as John Lomax

  • John McDonald

    as Tom Pruitt

  • Leonard Wrentz

    as Guard

  • Ernie Hudson

    as Archie

  • Dana Manno

    as Margaret Judd

  • William Wintersole

    as Sheriff Gibbons

  • Paul Benjamin

    as Wes Ledbetter

  • Lynn Hamilton

    as Sally Ledbetter

  • Carole Lamond

    as Laura May

  • Melba Englander

    as Evaline

  • Pamela Singleton

    as Fat Bessie

  • Rozaa Jean

    as Sugar Tit

  • Nat Williams

    as Albert

  • Madge Sinclair

    as Miss Eula

  • George Williams

    as Shorty

  • Timothy Pickard

    as Gray Man

  • Rhetta Greene

    as Lethe

  • Art Evans

    as Blind Lemon Jefferson

  • William Creamer

    as Conductor

  • Dearl Croft

    as Frank

  • John C. Johnson

    as Will

  • Bill Woodard

    as Alex

  • Robert C. Farrow

    as Blacksmith

  • Albert Hall

    as Dicklicker

  • Peter Harrell

    as Ally George

  • B.T. Henderson

    as Boss #1

  • Denny Arnold

    as Boss #2

  • James Taylor

    as Dog Boy

  • Vivian Bonnell

    as Old Lady

  • Alan Manson

    as Captain Freeman

  • John Henry Faulk

    as Gov. Pat Neff

  • Valerie Odell

    as Amy

  • Drew Thomas

    as Sharecropper

  • John Keith

    as Guard

  • Hitide Harris

    as Leadbelly (singing)
Sound Fred Karlin Original Music Composer
Camera Bruce Surtees Director of Photography
Art Robert F. Boyle Production Design
Writing Ernest Kinoy Writer
Production Marc Merson Producer
Directing Gordon Parks Director
Art John A. Kuri Set Decoration
Editing Moe Howard Editor
Production David Frost Executive Producer
Production Jack Grossberg Executive Producer
Costume & Make-Up Bernadine M. Anderson Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Eddie M. Barron Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Robert Dawn Makeup Artist
Directing Reuben Watt First Assistant Director
Directing Richard Alexander Wells Second Assistant Director
Sound Howard Beals Sound Effects Editor
Sound Gene S. Cantamessa Sound Mixer
Sound John Wilkinson Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Crew Denny Arnold Stunts
Crew Jim Burk Stunts
Crew Harold Jones Stunts
Camera Oscar Barber Camera Operator
Camera William D. Barber Second Assistant Camera
Lighting Charles Holmes Gaffer
Camera Timothy E. Wade First Assistant Camera
Camera Robert West Sr. Key Grip
Production Pamela Jaye Smith Location Casting
Editing Thomas Penick Assistant Editor
Production Les Landau Location Manager
Sound David H. Cohen Musician
Sound June Edgerton Music Editor
Sound Fred Karlin Conductor
Sound Brownie McGhee Musician
Sound Dick Rosmini Musician
Sound Sonny Terry Musician
Crew Dana Manno Choreographer
Production Mark Lyon Production Assistant
Art Jack M. Marino Property Master

Related Movies

keyboard_arrow_up