Name: Ode to Billy Joe
Director: Max Baer Jr.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1976-06-04
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Joan Hotchkis, Terence Goodman, Sandy McPeak

6.1·1976·105 min·English·Directed by Max Baer Jr.

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

DramaRomance

Synopsis

Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.

Main 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

Becky Bowen

Becky Thompson

Simpson Hemphill

Brother Taylor

Rebecca Jernigan

Mrs. Thompson

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