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Ode to Billy Joe

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Ode to Billy Joe

What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.

6.1

1h 45m

1976

“What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.”

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

DramaRomance

sexual identitysexual frustrationmississippi riverbridgecoming of agedollbased on song, poem or rhymeyoung loveteen suicidejumping off a bridgegay themedeep south

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Cast & Crew

Robby Benson

Robby Benson

as Billy Joe McAllister

Glynnis O'Connor

Glynnis O'Connor

as Bobbie Lee Hartley

Joan Hotchkis

Joan Hotchkis

as Anna 'Mama' Hartley

Terence Goodman

Terence Goodman

as James Hartley

Sandy McPeak

Sandy McPeak

as Glenn 'Papa' Hartley

James Best

James Best

as Dewey Barksdale

Becky Bowen

as Becky Thompson

Simpson Hemphill

as Brother Taylor

Rebecca Jernigan

as Mrs. Thompson

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