Ode to Billy Joe
What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.
1976 · 1h 45m · PG
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Max Baer Jr.
Overview
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
Director and cast
- Max Baer Jr. Director
- Robby Benson as Billy Joe McAllister
- Glynnis O'Connor as Bobbie Lee Hartley
- Joan Hotchkis as Anna 'Mama' Hartley
- Terrance Goodman as James Hartley
- Terence Goodman as James Hartley
- Sandy McPeak as Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
- James Best as Dewey Barksdale
- Becky Bowen as Becky Thompson
- Simpson Hemphill as Brother Taylor
- Rebecca Jernigan as Mrs. Thompson
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