Ode to Billy Joe
June 4, 1976
105 minutes
6.3
DramaRomance

Ode to Billy Joe

Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.

Trailer
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)
Rebecca Jernigan
(Mrs. Thompson)