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Ode to Billy Joe (1976)
What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.
105 minDramaRomance
TMDb6.1/1034 votes
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
Country: United States
Director: Max Baer Jr.
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
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Becky Bowen
Becky Thompson
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Simpson Hemphill
Brother Taylor
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Rebecca Jernigan
Mrs. Thompson
Keywords
Plot:sexual identitysexual frustrationbridgecoming of agedollbased on song, poem or rhymeyoung loveteen suicidejumping off a bridgegay themedeep south
Place:mississippi river
