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Ode to Billy Joe (1976)

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

6.3/10 1h 45m Jun 04, 1976
Drama Romance

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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Movie Details

Original Title Ode to Billy Joe
Original Language EN
Budget $1,100,000
Revenue $27,000,000
Status Released
Popularity 0.3

Cast

Robby Benson
Robby Benson
Billy Joe McAllister
Popularity: 1.2
Glynnis O'Connor
Glynnis O'Connor
Bobbie Lee Hartley
Popularity: 3.1
Joan Hotchkis
Joan Hotchkis
Anna 'Mama' Hartley
Popularity: 7.0
Terence Goodman
Terence Goodman
James Hartley
Popularity: 1.0
Sandy McPeak
Sandy McPeak
Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
Popularity: 2.9
James Best
James Best
Dewey Barksdale
Popularity: 1.5
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Becky Bowen
Becky Thompson
Popularity: 0.3
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Simpson Hemphill
Brother Taylor
Popularity: 0.1
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Rebecca Jernigan
Mrs. Thompson
Popularity: 0.6

Key Crew

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

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures
US

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Keywords

sexual identity sexual frustration mississippi river bridge coming of age doll based on song, poem or rhyme young love teen suicide jumping off a bridge gay theme deep south

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Details
Release Date June 4, 1976
Runtime 1h 45m
Budget $1,100,000
Revenue $27,000,000
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3
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