Ode to Billy Joe
“What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.”
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
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Cast
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Robby Benson
Billy Joe McAllister
Known for
Beauty and the Beast
Severance
Glynnis O'Connor
Bobbie Lee Hartley
Known for
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Johnny Dangerously
Joan Hotchkis
Anna 'Mama' Hartley
Known for
Breezy
The Odd Couple
Terence Goodman
James Hartley
Known for
Unrest
Jackie & Ryan
Sandy McPeak
Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
Known for
Blue Thunder
The Osterman Weekend
James Best
Dewey Barksdale
Known for
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Killer Shrews
Becky Bowen
Becky Thompson
No other roles listed
Simpson Hemphill
Brother Taylor
Also in
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
Barn Burning
Rebecca Jernigan
Mrs. Thompson
Known for
The Client
Max Baer Jr. Director · Herman Raucher Writer Michel Legrand Composer
Worldwide gross $27M · Budget $1.1M · United States release June 4, 1976
Box office
Budget
$1,100,000
Worldwide gross
$27,000,000
Gross vs. budget
24.5×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 4, 1976
Theatrical
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