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Cast
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Roger E. Mosley | As: Huddie Ledbetter |
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Paul Benjamin | As: Wes Ledbetter |
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Madge Sinclair | As: Miss Eula |
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Alan Manson | As: Prison Chief Guard |
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Albert Hall | As: Dicklicker |
Storyline
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.
| Tagline: | You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly! |
| Certification: | PG |
Cast
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Roger E. Mosley |
Huddie Ledbetter |
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Paul Benjamin |
Wes Ledbetter |
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Madge Sinclair |
Miss Eula |
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Alan Manson |
Prison Chief Guard |
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Albert Hall |
Dicklicker |
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Art Evans |
Blind Lemon Jefferson |
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James Brodhead |
John Lomax |
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John Henry Faulk |
Gov. Pat Neff |
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Lynn Hamilton |
Sally Ledbetter |
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Ernie Hudson |
Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson) |
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William Wintersole |
Sheriff Gibbons |
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Rhetta Greene |
Lethe |
Directed By
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Gordon Parks |
Director |
Writing Credits
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Ernest Kinoy |
Writer |
Production Crew
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Marc Merson |
Producer |
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David Frost |
Producer |
Edited By
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Moe Howard |
Editor |
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Thomas Penick |
Editor |
Costume and Makeup
Sound
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Fred Karlin |
Original Music Composer |
Visual Effects
Camera
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Bruce Surtees |
Director of Photography |
Lighting
Art Department
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Robert F. Boyle |
Production Design |
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John A. Kuri |
Set Decoration |
Other Crew
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