Ode to Billy Joe(1976)
What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
Movie: Ode to Billy Joe
Top 9 Billed Cast
Billy Joe McAllister
Bobbie Lee Hartley
Anna 'Mama' Hartley
James Hartley
Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
Dewey Barksdale
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