
“You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!”
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.
Release Date: 5/28/1976
Runtime: 126 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Gordon Parks
00Companies: David Paradine Productions, Brownstone Productions, Zeeuwse Maatschappij N.V.
Countries: United States of America
Ernie Hudson
Archie

Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter
James Brodhead
John Lomax
John McDonald
Tom Pruitt
Leonard Wrentz
Guard

Ernie Hudson
Archie
Dana Manno
Margaret Judd
William Wintersole
Sheriff Gibbons

Paul Benjamin
Wes Ledbetter

Lynn Hamilton
Sally Ledbetter

Carole Lamond
Laura May
Melba Englander
Evaline
Pamela Singleton
Fat Bessie

1992