Ode to Billy Joe (1976)

06/04/1976 1h 45m

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

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Robby Benson

as Billy Joe McAllister

Born 01/21/1956, age

Glynnis O'Connor

as Bobbie Lee Hartley

Born 11/19/1956, age

Joan Hotchkis

as Anna 'Mama' Hartley

Born 09/21/1927

Died 09/27/2022, age

Sandy McPeak

as Glenn 'Papa' Hartley

Born 02/21/1936

Died 12/31/1997, age

James Best

as Dewey Barksdale

Born 07/26/1926

Died 04/06/2015, age