
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.
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
James Brodhead
John Lomax
John Henry Faulk
Gov. Pat Neff
Lynn Hamilton
Sally Ledbetter
Ernie Hudson
Archie
William Wintersole
Sheriff Gibbons
Rhetta Greene
Lethe
William Creamer
Conductor
Brazilian Western
Female Trouble
The Road
The Sicilian Clan
(re)kindle
Re-Births
Head Over Heels 2
The King and I
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Re-Kill
Alice
Stardust Memories
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
In America
Treasure Island
French Fried Vacation
Monkey Business
Life Is Sweet
The Art of Happiness
Mrs Brown