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Leadbelly
You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!
6.4(8)19762h 6m
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.
- Director
- Gordon Parks
- Created by
- David Frost,Jack Grossberg
- Writers
- Ernest Kinoy
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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
Timothy Pickard
Gray Man
Rhetta Greene
Lethe
Art Evans
Blind Lemon Jefferson
William Creamer
Conductor
Dearl Croft
Frank
John C. Johnson
Will
Bill Woodard
Alex
Robert C. Farrow
Blacksmith
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Crew
Directing
- Gordon ParksDirector
- Reuben WattFirst Assistant Director
- Richard A. WellsSecond Assistant Director
Writing
- Ernest KinoyWriter
Production
- Marc MersonProducer
- David FrostExecutive Producer
- Jack GrossbergExecutive Producer
- Pamela Jaye SmithLocation Casting
- Les LandauLocation Manager
- Mark LyonProduction Assistant
Camera
- Bruce SurteesDirector of Photography
- Oscar BarberCamera Operator
- William D. BarberSecond Assistant Camera
- Timothy E. WadeFirst Assistant Camera
- Robert West Sr.Key Grip
Editing
- Moe HowardEditor
- Thomas PenickAssistant Editor
Sound
- Fred KarlinOriginal Music Composer
- Howard BealsSound Effects Editor
- Gene S. CantamessaSound Mixer
- John WilkinsonSound Re-Recording Mixer
- David H. CohenMusician
- June EdgertonMusic Editor
- Fred KarlinConductor
- Brownie McGheeMusician
- Dick RosminiMusician
- Sonny TerryMusician
Art
- Robert F. BoyleProduction Design
- John A. KuriSet Decoration
- Jack M. MarinoProperty Master
Costume & Make-Up
- Bernadine M. AndersonMakeup Artist
- Eddie M. BarronHairstylist
- Robert DawnMakeup Artist
Crew
- Denny ArnoldStunts
- Jim BurkStunts
- Harold JonesStunts
- Dana MannoChoreographer
Lighting
- Charles HolmesGaffer