Leadbelly
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.
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Screenplay
Cast
Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter
Paul Benjamin
Wes Ledbetter
Madge Sinclair
Miss Eula
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James Brodhead
John Lomax
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John McDonald
Tom Pruitt
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Leonard Wrentz
Guard
Ernie Hudson
Archie
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Dana Manno
Margaret Judd
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William Wintersole
Sheriff Gibbons
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Lynn Hamilton
Sally Ledbetter
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Fred Karlin
Composer
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Bruce Surtees
Cinematographer
