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.
Cast
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
Rozaa Jean
Sugar Tit
Nat Williams
Albert
Madge Sinclair
Miss Eula
George Williams
Shorty
Timothy Pickard
Gray Man
Rhetta Greene
Lethe
Art Evans
Blind Lemon Jefferson
William Creamer
Conductor
Dearl Croft
Frank
John C. Johnson
Will
Bill Woodard
Alex
Robert C. Farrow
Blacksmith
Albert Hall
Dicklicker
Peter Harrell
Ally George
B.T. Henderson
Boss #1
Denny Arnold
Boss #2
James Taylor
Dog Boy
Vivian Bonnell
Old Lady
Alan Manson
Captain Freeman
John Henry Faulk
Gov. Pat Neff
Valerie Odell
Amy
Drew Thomas
Sharecropper
John Keith
Guard
Hitide Harris
Leadbelly (singing)
Crew
Gordon Parks
Director
Ernest Kinoy
Writer
Moe Howard
Editor
Thomas Penick
Assistant Editor
Bruce Surtees
Director of Photography
Reuben Watt
First Assistant Director
Richard Alexander Wells
Second Assistant Director
David Frost
Executive Producer
Jack Grossberg
Executive Producer
Marc Merson
Producer
Mark Lyon
Production Assistant
Robert F. Boyle
Production Design
Oscar Barber
Camera Operator
Timothy E. Wade
First Assistant Camera
William D. Barber
Second Assistant Camera
Pamela Jaye Smith
Location Casting
Eddie M. Barron
Hairstylist
Bernadine M. Anderson
Makeup Artist
Robert Dawn
Makeup Artist
Howard Beals
Sound Effects Editor
John Wilkinson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gene S. Cantamessa
Sound Mixer
Fred Karlin
Original Music Composer, Conductor
David H. Cohen
Musician
Brownie McGhee
Musician
Dick Rosmini
Musician
Sonny Terry
Musician
June Edgerton
Music Editor
John A. Kuri
Set Decoration
Les Landau
Location Manager
Denny Arnold
Stunts
Jim Burk
Stunts
Harold Jones
Stunts
Dana Manno
Choreographer
Jack M. Marino
Property Master
Robert West Sr.
Key Grip
Charles Holmes
Gaffer
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