Ode to Billy Joe

Drama • Romance

61%
Ode to Billy Joe
Ode to Billy Joe
PG
6/4/19761h 45m

Theatrical Release (US)

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

Overview:

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.

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$1,100,000.00

Revenue:

$27,000,000.00

Key words:

  • sexual identity
  • sexual frustration
  • mississippi river
  • bridge
  • coming of age
  • doll
  • based on song, poem or rhyme
  • young love
  • teen suicide
  • jumping off a bridge
  • gay theme
  • deep south

Cast

Robby Benson

Robby Benson

~ as ~

Billy Joe McAllister

Glynnis O'Connor

Glynnis O'Connor

~ as ~

Bobbie Lee Hartley

Joan Hotchkis

Joan Hotchkis

~ as ~

Anna 'Mama' Hartley

Terence Goodman

Terence Goodman

~ as ~

James Hartley

Sandy McPeak

Sandy McPeak

~ as ~

Glenn 'Papa' Hartley

James Best

James Best

~ as ~

Dewey Barksdale

Becky Bowen

~ as ~

Becky Thompson

Simpson Hemphill

~ as ~

Brother Taylor

Rebecca Jernigan

~ as ~

Mrs. Thompson

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