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Leadbelly

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Calorie Rating: 177
Released: 1976-05-28
Running Time: 126 Minutes
Studios: David Paradine Productions, Brownstone Productions, Zeeuwse Maatschappij N.V.,


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 / Directors

Reuben Watt
First Assistant Director
Richard Alexander Wells
Second Assistant Director



Cast

Roger E. Mosley
Character: Huddie Ledbetter
James Brodhead
Character: John Lomax
John McDonald
Character: Tom Pruitt

Leonard Wrentz
Character: Guard
Ernie Hudson
Character: Archie
Dana Manno
Character: Margaret Judd

William Wintersole
Character: Sheriff Gibbons
Paul Benjamin
Character: Wes Ledbetter
Lynn Hamilton
Character: Sally Ledbetter

Carole Lamond
Character: Laura May
Melba Englander
Character: Evaline
Pamela Singleton
Character: Fat Bessie

Rozaa Jean
Character: Sugar Tit
Nat Williams
Character: Albert
Madge Sinclair
Character: Miss Eula

George Williams
Character: Shorty
Timothy Pickard
Character: Gray Man
Rhetta Greene
Character: Lethe

Art Evans
Character: Blind Lemon Jefferson
William Creamer
Character: Conductor
Dearl Croft
Character: Frank

John C. Johnson
Character: Will
Bill Woodard
Character: Alex
Robert C. Farrow
Character: Blacksmith

Albert Hall
Character: Dicklicker
Peter Harrell
Character: Ally George
B.T. Henderson
Character: Boss #1

Denny Arnold
Character: Boss #2
James Taylor
Character: Dog Boy
Vivian Bonnell
Character: Old Lady

Alan Manson
Character: Captain Freeman
John Henry Faulk
Character: Gov. Pat Neff
Valerie Odell
Character: Amy

Drew Thomas
Character: Sharecropper
John Keith
Character: Guard
Hitide Harris
Character: Leadbelly (singing)


Production and Crew

Fred Karlin
Original Music Composer
Bruce Surtees
Director of Photography
Robert F. Boyle
Production Design

Marc Merson
Producer
John A. Kuri
Set Decoration

David Frost
Executive Producer
Jack Grossberg
Executive Producer

Eddie M. Barron
Hairstylist
Robert Dawn
Makeup Artist

Howard Beals
Sound Effects Editor
John Wilkinson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jim Burk
Stunts

Oscar Barber
Camera Operator
William D. Barber
Second Assistant Camera

Timothy E. Wade
First Assistant Camera
Pamela Jaye Smith
Location Casting

Thomas Penick
Assistant Editor
Les Landau
Location Manager

June Edgerton
Music Editor
Fred Karlin
Conductor

Sonny Terry
Musician
Dana Manno
Choreographer

Mark Lyon
Production Assistant
Jack M. Marino
Property Master