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Ode to Billy Joe (1976)
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Herman Raucher (writer)
Release Date:
4 June 1976 (USA)
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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...
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Classic, Tragic love story.
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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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105 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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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.
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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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Bobbie Lee Hartley: Right Neiborhly of Mr.McAllister.
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Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.32)" (2005)
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Soundtrack:
Ode to Billie Joe
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An excellent movie my today's standards. There are no "F" words, no visual sex, & the only nudity is a brief shot of the top portion of a woman's breasts (no nipples shown) before the camera cuts away to another scene. I would recommend this to any parent wanting a movie that they can show in a mixed audience of teens/pre-teens. If it were made today, it would probably receive a PG rating.
Robby Benson & Glynnis O'Connor play their parts well. The movie manages to capture the haunting atmosphere of the song by Bobbie Gentry. I saw it for the first time when I was 15 in 1976 and I still love to watch it.