Leadbelly

Name: Leadbelly
Released: 1976
Rating: 60.39
Cast: Albert Hall, Paul Benjamin, Madge Sinclair, Roger E. Mosley, Art Evans

1976

Drama, Biography

2h 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. (imdb)

Leadbelly

1976

Drama, Biography

2h 6m

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NathanBates

Rated 07 Feb 2021

A strong, if sometimes too exuberant (I thought I might be watching WWE with all those oiled bodies), based-on-a-true-story biopic of one of the early blues legends. The story bounces around a bit, which suggests those who really understand the blues have truly lived the blues. Oddly, we never see if Lead Belly (he always spaced the name) made up most of his songs or if he learned them from others.

Rated 07 Feb 2021

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