Leadbelly
You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter
James Brodhead
John Lomax
John McDonald
Tom Pruitt
Leonard Wrentz
Guard
Ernie Hudson
Archie
Dana Manno
Margaret Judd
William Wintersole
Sheriff Gibbons
Paul Benjamin
Wes Ledbetter
Lynn Hamilton
Sally Ledbetter
Carole Lamond
Laura May
Melba Englander
Evaline
Pamela Singleton
Fat Bessie
Rozaa Jean
Sugar Tit
Nat Williams
Albert
Madge Sinclair
Miss Eula
George Williams
Shorty
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