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Ode to Billy Joe

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

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PG 1976 · 1h 45m
Drama, Romance
Starring Robby Benson · Glynnis O'Connor · Joan Hotchkis
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Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.

Theatrical
Jun 4, 1976
Box Office
$27.0M
Budget
$1.1M
Return
24.5x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 12, 2013
Director
Max Baer Jr.
Producers
Roger Camras, Mark Sussman, Max Baer Jr.
Music
Michel Legrand
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Keywords
sexual identity mississippi river sexual frustration bridge coming of age doll based on song, poem or rhyme young love teen suicide jumping off a bridge gay theme deep south
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Robby Benson
Billy Joe McAllister
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Glynnis O'Connor
Bobbie Lee Hartley
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Joan Hotchkis
Anna 'Mama' Hartley
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Terence Goodman
James Hartley
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Sandy McPeak
Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
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James Best
Dewey Barksdale
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Simpson Hemphill
Brother Taylor
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Rebecca Jernigan
Mrs. Thompson

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