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Ode to Billy Joe

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6.3/10 • 31

1976-06-041h 45m

DramaRomance

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

Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.

Directors
Max Baer Jr.
Writters
Herman Raucher
Editors
Herman Raucher, Frank Morriss

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Robby Benson

    Robby Benson

    Billy Joe McAllister

  2. Glynnis O'Connor

    Glynnis O'Connor

    Bobbie Lee Hartley

  3. Joan Hotchkis

    Joan Hotchkis

    Anna 'Mama' Hartley

  4. Terence Goodman

    Terence Goodman

    James Hartley

  5. Sandy McPeak

    Sandy McPeak

    Glenn 'Papa' Hartley

  6. James Best

    James Best

    Dewey Barksdale

  7. Becky Bowen

    Becky Bowen

    Becky Thompson

  8. Simpson Hemphill

    Simpson Hemphill

    Brother Taylor

  9. Rebecca Jernigan

    Rebecca Jernigan

    Mrs. Thompson

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,100,000.00
Revenue
$27,000,000.00
Keywords
sexual identitysexual frustrationmississippi riverbridgecoming of agedollbased on song, poem or rhymeyoung loveteen suicidejumping off a bridgegay themedeep south