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Leadbelly

Name: Leadbelly
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976-05-28
Duration: 126 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Roger E. Mosley, James Brodhead, John McDonald, Leonard Wrentz, Ernie Hudson

PG 1976 2 h 06 min

Drama

64%

Audience score8 votes on TMDB

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“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.

Music: Fred Karlin
Screenplay: Ernest Kinoy
Director: Gordon Parks
Status: Released
Release date: 28/05/1976
Original language: English