Leadbelly

Roger E. Mosley

Huddie Ledbetter

James Brodhead

John Lomax

John McDonald

Tom Pruitt

Leonard Wrentz

Guard

Ernie Hudson

Archie

Dana Manno

Margaret Judd

William Wintersole

Sheriff Gibbons

Paul Benjamin

Wes Ledbetter

Lynn Hamilton

Sally Ledbetter

Carole Lamond

Laura May

Melba Englander

Evaline

Pamela Singleton

Fat Bessie

Rozaa Jean

Sugar Tit

Nat Williams

Albert

Madge Sinclair

Miss Eula

George Williams

Shorty

Timothy Pickard

Gray Man

Rhetta Greene

Lethe

Art Evans

Blind Lemon Jefferson

William Creamer

Conductor

Bruce Surtees

Director of Photography

Robert F. Boyle

Production Design

Howard Beals

Sound Effects Editor

Gordon Parks

Director

June Edgerton

Music Editor

Brownie McGhee

Musician

Fred Karlin

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Jack Grossberg

Executive Producer

Sonny Terry

Musician

Marc Merson

Producer

Denny Arnold

Stunts

David Frost

Executive Producer

Ernest Kinoy

Writer

John A. Kuri

Set Decoration

Jim Burk

Stunts

Les Landau

Location Manager

Richard A. Wells

Second Assistant Director

Robert Dawn

Makeup Artist

Thomas Penick

Assistant Editor

William D. Barber

Second Assistant Camera