Ode to Billy Joe

Ode to Billy Joe
1976
★★★☆☆ 6.1/10
⏱️ 105 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DramaRomance
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
Robby Benson
Billy Joe McAllister
Glynnis O'Connor
Glynnis O'Connor
Bobbie Lee Hartley
Joan Hotchkis
Joan Hotchkis
Anna 'Mama' Hartley
Terence Goodman
Terence Goodman
James Hartley
Sandy McPeak
Sandy McPeak
Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
James Best
James Best
Dewey Barksdale

Crew

Director
Max Baer Jr.
Writer
Herman Raucher
Producer
Roger Camras, Mark Sussman, Max Baer Jr.

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Keywords

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