Leadbelly (1976)
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.
Director: Gordon Parks
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Roger E. Mosley as Huddie Ledbetter |
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James Brodhead as John Lomax |
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John McDonald as Tom Pruitt |
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Leonard Wrentz as Guard |
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Ernie Hudson as Archie |
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Dana Manno as Margaret Judd |
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William Wintersole as Sheriff Gibbons |
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Paul Benjamin as Wes Ledbetter |
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Lynn Hamilton as Sally Ledbetter |
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Carole Lamond as Laura May |
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Melba Englander as Evaline |
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Pamela Singleton as Fat Bessie |
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Rozaa Jean as Sugar Tit |
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Nat Williams as Albert |
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Madge Sinclair as Miss Eula |
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George Williams as Shorty |
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Timothy Pickard as Gray Man |
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Rhetta Greene as Lethe |
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Art Evans as Blind Lemon Jefferson |
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William Creamer as Conductor |
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Dearl Croft as Frank |
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John C. Johnson as Will |
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Bill Woodard as Alex |
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Robert C. Farrow as Blacksmith |
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Albert Hall as Dicklicker |
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Peter Harrell as Ally George |
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B.T. Henderson as Boss #1 |
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Denny Arnold as Boss #2 |
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James Taylor as Dog Boy |
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Vivian Bonnell as Old Lady |
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Alan Manson as Captain Freeman |
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John Henry Faulk as Gov. Pat Neff |
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Valerie Odell as Amy |
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Drew Thomas as Sharecropper |
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John Keith as Guard |
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Hitide Harris as Leadbelly (singing) |
| Camera | Bruce Surtees | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Fred Karlin | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Moe Howard | Editor |
| Art | Robert F. Boyle | Production Design |
| Production | Marc Merson | Producer |
| Directing | Gordon Parks | Director |
| Writing | Ernest Kinoy | Writer |
| Art | John A. Kuri | Set Decoration |
| 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 |
