All Movies
Ode to Billy Joe poster

Ode to Billy Joe

PG

“What the song didn't tell you, the movie will.”

1976·105 min·Released
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
6.1TMDb
Theatrical Jun 4, 1976
Nexus ms17457TMDb 42239IMDb tt0074995
🇺🇸
USA · English · Kids
DramaRomance

Overview

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

Crew

DirectorMax Baer Jr.
WriterHerman Raucher

Cast

Robby Benson
Robby Benson
Billy Joe McAllister
Glynnis O'Connor
Glynnis O'Connor
Bobbie Lee Hartley
Joan Hotchkis
Joan Hotchkis
Anna 'Mama' Hartley
Terence Goodman
Terence Goodman
James Hartley
Sandy McPeak
Sandy McPeak
Glenn 'Papa' Hartley
James Best
James Best
Dewey Barksdale
Becky Bowen
Becky Bowen
Becky Thompson
Simpson Hemphill
Simpson Hemphill
Brother Taylor
Rebecca Jernigan
Rebecca Jernigan
Mrs. Thompson

More like this

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958
Charlie St. Cloud
Charlie St. Cloud
2010
Akron
Akron
2015
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
2023
Life in a Year
Life in a Year
2020
The Help
The Help
2011
Mud
Mud
2013
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
2003
The Notebook
The Notebook
2004
Boy Erased
Boy Erased
2018
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies
1983

Keywords

sexual identitysexual frustrationmississippi riverbridgecoming of agedollbased on song, poem or rhymeyoung loveteen suicidejumping off a bridgegay themedeep south

Details

Budget
$1M
Revenue
$27M
TMDb Votes
34
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026