Leadbelly

Name: Leadbelly
Cast: Roger E. Mosley, James Brodhead, John McDonald, Leonard Wrentz, Ernie Hudson

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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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Cast & Crew

Director: Gordon ParksWriter: Ernest KinoyProducers: David Frost, Jack Grossberg, Marc Merson

Roger E. Mosley

as Huddie Ledbetter

James Brodhead

as John Lomax

John McDonald

as Tom Pruitt

Leonard Wrentz

as Guard

Ernie Hudson

as Archie

Dana Manno

as Margaret Judd

William Wintersole

as Sheriff Gibbons

Paul Benjamin

as Wes Ledbetter

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