Ode to Billy Joe
Released: June 4, 1976Runtime: 105 min
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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Robby Benson
as Billy Joe McAllister
Glynnis O Connor
as Bobbie Lee Hartley
Joan Hotchkis
as Anna 'Mama' Hartley
Sandy Mcpeak
as Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
James Best
as Dewey Barksdale
Terence Goodman
as James Hartley
Becky Bowen
as Becky Thompson
Simpson Hemphill
as Brother Taylor
Ed Shelnut
as Coleman Stroud
Eddie Talr
as Tom Hargitay
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