LEADBELLY (1976) Pardon Song for Governor Neff

Roger E. Mosley plays blues guitar legend Huddie Ledbetter, Lead Belly. John Henry Faulk plays Governor Pat Neff of Texas. The Governor did pardon Ledbetter. “Life magazine photographer Gordon Parks directs this biopic about the troubled life of blues singer-guitarist Huddie Ledbetter -- aka Leadbelly -- who spent time behind bars on two separate murder charges and worked on chain gangs in the South.“ Director: Gordon Parks Cast: Roger E. Mosley, Paul Benjamin, Madge Sinclair, Alan Manson, Albert Hall, Art Evans, James Brodhead, John Henry Faulk, Vivian Bonnell, Lynn Hamilton