Ode to Billy Joe
1976 · Movie · 1h 45m · PG
DramaRomance
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes
44%
Key crew
- Herman RaucherWriter
- Max Baer Jr.Director
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robby BensonBilly Joe McAllister
- Glynnis O'ConnorBobbie Lee Hartley
- Joan HotchkisAnna 'Mama' Hartley
- Terence GoodmanJames Hartley
- Sandy McPeakGlenn 'Papa' Hartley
- James BestDewey Barksdale
- Becky BowenBecky Thompson
- Simpson HemphillBrother Taylor
- Rebecca JerniganMrs. Thompson
Stills
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Themes
sexual identitysexual frustrationmississippi riverbridgecoming of agedollbased on song, poem or rhymeyoung loveteen suicidejumping off a bridgegay themedeep south