Ode to Billy Joe

Ode to Billy Joe (1976)

PGJune 4, 1976 (US)Drama, Romance1 hour and 45 minutes
63%
User score

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

Description

Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.

Max Baer Jr.
Director
Herman Raucher
Writer

Actors

Robby Benson
Robby Benson
Billy Joe McAllister
Glynnis O'Connor
Glynnis O'Connor
Bobbie Lee Hartley
Joan Hotchkis
Joan Hotchkis
Anna 'Mama' Hartley
Terence Goodman
Terence Goodman
James Hartley
Sandy McPeak
Sandy McPeak
Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
James Best
James Best
Dewey Barksdale
Becky Bowen
Becky Bowen
Becky Thompson
Simpson Hemphill
Simpson Hemphill
Brother Taylor
Rebecca Jernigan
Rebecca Jernigan
Mrs. Thompson
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

$1,100,000

Revenue

$27,000,000

Keywords
sexual identitysexual frustrationmississippi riverbridgecoming of agedollbased on song, poem or rhymeyoung loveteen suicidejumping off a bridgegay themedeep south