Film
Ode to Billy Joe
1976 · 1h 45m · Drama · Romance
What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.
- IMDb
- 6.6
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 44%
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Overview
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
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Cast
Robby Benson
Billy Joe McAllister
Glynnis O'Connor
Bobbie Lee Hartley
Joan Hotchkis
Anna 'Mama' Hartley
Terence Goodman
James Hartley
Sandy McPeak
Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
James Best
Dewey Barksdale
Becky Bowen
Becky Thompson
Simpson Hemphill
Brother Taylor
Rebecca Jernigan
Mrs. Thompson
Crew
- Max Baer Jr.Director · Producer
- Herman RaucherWriter
- Roger CamrasProducer
- Mark SussmanProducer
- Michel HugoDirector of Photography
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
- Frank MorrissEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 4, 1976
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $1,100,000
- Revenue
- $27,000,000
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
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