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Leadbelly

Release Date:May 28, 1976

Running Time:126 min

Genres:Drama

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Cast

Roger E. Mosley James Brodhead John McDonald Leonard Wrentz Ernie Hudson Dana Manno William Wintersole Paul Benjamin Lynn Hamilton Carole Lamond Melba Englander Pamela Singleton

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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.

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