Ode to Billy Joe

Drama · 1976PG

Bobbie Gentry's famous song about the legend of the Tallahatchie Bridge is brought to life in a story about young love on the Mississippi Delta in the early 1950s, in which the long-held, mystifying secrets of the bridge are revealed. Robby Benson ("The Chosen," "Beauty and the Beast") stars.

Starring

Robby Benson, Frank Morriss, Glynnis O'Connor, Michel Legrand, Joan Hotchkis, Max Baer Jr., Terrance Goodman, Max Baer Jr., Sandy McPeak, Michel Hugo

Director

Max Baer Jr.

Producer

Mark Sussman