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Ode to Billy Joe
What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.
Jun 4, 1976 · 1h 45m
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Drama
Romance
PLOT
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
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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
Becky Bowen
Becky Thompson
Simpson Hemphill
Brother Taylor
Directed by
Max Baer Jr.
DETAILS
Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$1,100,000
Revenue
$27,000,000
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Country
US
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