Ode to Billy Joe (1976)
What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.
1976 · PG · 1h 45m · Drama, Romance
Genres: Drama, Romance
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
Director: Max Baer Jr.
Writers: Herman Raucher
Music by: Michel Legrand
Cinematography: Michel Hugo
Editor: Frank Morriss
Box office: $27M · Budget: $1M
Cast
Robby Benson as Billy Joe McAllisterGlynnis O'Connor as Bobbie Lee HartleyJoan Hotchkis as Anna 'Mama' HartleyTerence Goodman as James HartleySandy McPeak as Glenn 'Papa' HartleyJames Best as Dewey BarksdaleBecky Bowen as Becky ThompsonSimpson Hemphill as Brother TaylorRebecca Jernigan as Mrs. ThompsonMore like this
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