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