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Leadbelly(1976)
Status: Released
Date: 1976-05-28
62%
6 Votes
Time: 2h 6m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
David Paradine Productions
Movie: Leadbelly
Top 10 Billed Cast
Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter
Paul Benjamin
Wes Ledbetter
Madge Sinclair
Miss Eula
Alan Manson
Prison Chief Guard
Albert Hall
Dicklicker
Art Evans
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Lynn Hamilton
Sally Ledbetter
Ernie Hudson
Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
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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.
Release Date
1976-05-28
Average
6.2
Rating:
3.1 startsTagline
You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!
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