Ode to Billy Joe (1976)
What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.
106 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.
- Release date
- June 4, 1976
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,100,000
- Box office
- $27,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- 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
Crew
- Max Baer Jr. · Director
- Bobbie Gentry · Writer
- Herman Raucher · Writer
- Max Baer Jr. · Producer
- Roger Camras · Producer
- Michel Legrand · Composer
- Michel Hugo · Cinematographer
- Frank Morriss · Editor
- Phil Benjamin · Casting director