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.
as Huddie Ledbetter
as John Lomax
as Tom Pruitt
as Guard
as Archie
as Margaret Judd
as Sheriff Gibbons
as Wes Ledbetter
as Sally Ledbetter
as Laura May
as Evaline
as Fat Bessie
as Sugar Tit
as Albert
as Miss Eula
as Shorty
as Gray Man
as Lethe
as Blind Lemon Jefferson
as Conductor
as Frank
as Will
as Alex
as Blacksmith
as Dicklicker
as Ally George
as Boss #1
as Boss #2
as Dog Boy
as Old Lady
as Captain Freeman
as Gov. Pat Neff
as Amy
as Sharecropper
as Guard
as Leadbelly (singing)
