Ode to Billy Joe
What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.
6.1/ 10
1976
1h 45m
DramaRomance
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
Top Cast
Robby Benson
Billy Joe McAllister
Glynnis O'Connor
Bobbie Lee Hartley
Joan Hotchkis
Anna 'Mama' Hartley
Terence Goodman
James Hartley
Sandy McPeak
Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
James Best
Dewey Barksdale
B
Becky Bowen
Becky Thompson
S
Simpson Hemphill
Brother Taylor
R
Rebecca Jernigan
Mrs. Thompson
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