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Director:
Max Baer Jr.
Writer:
Herman Raucher (writer)
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Release Date:
4 June 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.
Plot:
Billy Joe confesses his love to the lovely Bobbi Lee only to cover his growing fear that he may, in fact... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Great! Great! Great! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Robby Benson ... Billy Joe McAllister

Glynnis O'Connor ... Bobbie Lee Hartley
Joan Hotchkis ... Anna 'Mama' Hartley
Sandy McPeak ... Glenn 'Papa' Hartley

James Best ... Dewey Barksdale
Terence Goodman ... James Hartley
Becky Bowen ... Becky Thompson
Simpson Hemphill ... Brother Taylor
Ed Shelnut ... Coleman Stroud, Bus Driver
Eddie Talr ... Tom Hargitay
William Hallberg ... Dan McAllister
Frannye Capelle ... Belinda Wiggs
Rebecca Jernigan ... Mrs. Thompson
Ann Martin ... Mrs. Hunicutt
Will Long ... Trooper Bosh
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Additional Details

Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:PG

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Anachronisms: At the dance, one of the band is playing an Ovation guitar. The movie is set in 1960, but the company Ovation Guitars was not founded until 1966. more
Quotes:
Billy Joe McAllister: HEY! I've been holding up this here bridge for over an hour so it wouldn't fall on you.
Bobbie Lee Hartley: Right Neiborhly of Mr.McAllister.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.32)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Ode to Billie Joe more

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Great! Great! Great!, 9 July 2005
10/10
Author: Amy-Dawn1707 from United States

Well, all I want to say is that this movie was a really great movie. It starred Glynnis O'Connor as Bobbie Lee Hartley and Robby Benson as Billy Joe McAllister. Bobbie Lee and Billy Joe fall in love but can not be together because Bobbie Lee is not allowed to date. But Billy Joe tries anyway and when they finally are allowed to date, an event happens that you did not see coming. You have really got to check this movie out!! It is like my favorite movie of all-time! I know a lot of people that commented on this movie wrote something about bad Mississippi accents..Well they are not from Mississippi and they have no right to say anything bad about how horrible this movie is based on something like that! There is nothing wrong with their accents, thats just how it is supposed to be, and if you don't want to hear accents, then don't watch the movie. But if you aren't a total idiot, I recommend that you see this movie. I give it 2 thumbs way up and 10 stars!! Wooo!!

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