🎬 Drama

Leadbelly

"You can't bury a black legend like Leadbelly!"

⭐ 6.4/10 1976 2h 6m Dir. Gordon Parks

About this movie

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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6.4/10 8 votes

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Year
1976
Runtime
2h 6m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.4/10
Votes
8
Genre
Drama
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎬 Gordon Parks 👤 Roger E. Mosley 👤 James Brodhead 👤 John McDonald
biography blues music

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Questions about Leadbelly

Leadbelly has a runtime of 2h 6m (2 hours and 6 minutes).
Leadbelly was directed by Gordon Parks and released in 1976.
Leadbelly is a Drama film (1976).
The cast of Leadbelly includes Roger E. Mosley, James Brodhead, John McDonald, Leonard Wrentz, Ernie Hudson.
Leadbelly has a TMDB rating of 6.4/10 based on 8 votes.

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