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Ode to Billy Joe
1976
★
6.2
105 min
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.
Director
Max Baer Jr.
Writer
Herman Raucher
Score
Michel Legrand
Stars
Robby Benson
Glynnis O'Connor
Joan Hotchkis
Cast
9
Robby Benson
as Billy Joe McAllister
Glynnis O'Connor
as Bobbie Lee Hartley
Joan Hotchkis
as Anna 'Mama' Hartley
Terence Goodman
as James Hartley
Sandy McPeak
as Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
James Best
as Dewey Barksdale
B
Becky Bowen
as Becky Thompson
S
Simpson Hemphill
as Brother Taylor
R
Rebecca Jernigan
as Mrs. Thompson
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