On screen
Cast
36 credited performers
Roger E. Mosley
Huddie Ledbetter
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James Brodhead
John Lomax
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John McDonald
Tom Pruitt
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Leonard Wrentz
Guard
Ernie Hudson
Archie
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Dana Manno
Margaret Judd
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William Wintersole
Sheriff Gibbons
Paul Benjamin
Wes Ledbetter
Lynn Hamilton
Sally Ledbetter
Carole Lamond
Laura May
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Melba Englander
Evaline
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Pamela Singleton
Fat Bessie
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Rozaa Jean
Sugar Tit
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Nat Williams
Albert
Madge Sinclair
Miss Eula
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George Williams
Shorty
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Timothy Pickard
Gray Man
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Rhetta Greene
Lethe
Art Evans
Blind Lemon Jefferson
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William Creamer
Conductor
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Dearl Croft
Frank
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John C. Johnson
Will
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Bill Woodard
Alex
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Robert C. Farrow
Blacksmith
Albert Hall
Dicklicker
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Peter Harrell
Ally George
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B.T. Henderson
Boss #1
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Denny Arnold
Boss #2
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James Taylor
Dog Boy
Vivian Bonnell
Old Lady
Alan Manson
Captain Freeman
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John Henry Faulk
Gov. Pat Neff
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Valerie Odell
Amy
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Drew Thomas
Sharecropper
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John Keith
Guard
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Hitide Harris
Leadbelly (singing)