Leadbelly
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 Billed Cast
Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter
Paul Benjamin
Wes Ledbetter
Madge Sinclair
Miss Eula
Alan Manson
Prison Chief Guard
Albert Hall
Dicklicker
Featured Crew
Fred Karlin
Original Music Composer
Bruce Surtees
Director of Photography
Robert F. Boyle
Production Design
Ernest Kinoy
Writer
Marc Merson
Producer
Gordon Parks
Director
John A. Kuri
Set Decoration
Thomas Penick
Editor
Moe Howard
Editor
David Frost
Producer
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