Ode to Billy Joe
movie

Ode to Billy Joe

TMDBJun 4, 1976

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

TMDB6.1
DirectorMax Baer Jr.

Rated

PG

Runtime

1h 45m

Status

Released

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Budget

$1M

Box office

$27M

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

Trailer

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

B

Becky Bowen

Becky Thompson

S

Simpson Hemphill

Brother Taylor

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Tags & details

GenreDramaRomance
Source / Adaptationbased on song, poem or rhyme
Theme / Plotcoming of age
Othersexual identitysexual frustrationmississippi riverbridgedollyoung loveteen suicidejumping off a bridgegay themedeep south

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