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Genre
Music, Biography, Drama, Old movies
Synopsis
A biography of Huddie Ledbetter (Roger E. Mosley), this drama follows the life of the highly influential African-American blues singer and guitarist, who was better known as "Leadbelly." The trouble-prone musician frequently ended up working on chain gangs, and, when not incarcerated, he sometimes traveled around with fellow renowned blues man Blind Lemon Jefferson (Art Evans). The film shows how Leadbelly dealt with the racism of his era and found some degree of peace in his music.
Cast
Huddie Ledbetter
Roger E. Mosley
Wes Ledbetter
Paul Benjamin
John Lomax
James Brodhead
Miss Eula
Madge Sinclair
Prison Chief Guard
Alan Manson
Dicklicker
Albert Hall
Dicklicker
Albert P. Hall
Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
Ernie Hudson
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Art Evans
Margaret Judd
Dana Manno
Sheriff Gibbons
William Wintersole
Gov. Neff
John Henry Faulk
Old Lady
Vivian Bonnell
Sally Ledbetter
Lynn Hamilton
Laura May
Carole Lamond
Gray Man
Timothy Pickard
Evaline
Melba Englander
Lethe
Loretta Greene
Sugar Tit
Rozaa Jean
Amy
Valerie Odell
Pete Seeger
Shorty
George Williams
Lethe
Rhetta Greene
Conductor
William Creamer
Will
John C. Johnson
Alex
Bill Woodard
Ally George
Peter Harrell
Boss #2
Denny Arnold
