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Ode to Billy Joe

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

6.2/ 1019761h 45mPG

DramaRomance

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

Directed by Max Baer Jr.

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Behind the frames

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The cast

Faces behind the story

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 Thompson

Simpson Hemphill

Brother Taylor