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First Run: Ode to Billy Joe

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

continues a season of films new to television. Tonight starring Robby Benson
Glynnis O'Connor Inspired by Bobbie Gentry 's hit song, this moving love story fills in the mystery surrounding Billy Joe 's death. Billy, 17, is attracted to the younger
Bobbie Lee - but her parents forbid them to date. As they continue to meet in secret their relationship deepens, until one day Billy, unable to make love, confesses to a homosexual encounter with an older man....
Screenplay by HERMAN RAUCHER
Produced and directed by MAX BAER (First showing on British television)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robby Benson
Unknown:
Glynnis O'Connor
Unknown:
Bobbie Gentry
Unknown:
Billy Joe
Unknown:
Bobbie Lee
Unknown:
Herman Raucher
Directed By:
Max Baer
Billy Joe McAllister:
Robby Benson
Bobbie Lee Hartley:
Glynnis O'Connor
Mama Hartley:
Joan Hotchkis
Papa Hartley:
Sandy McPeak
Dewey Barksdale:
James Best
James Hartley:
Terence Goodman
Becky Stroud:
Becky Bowen
Brother Taylor:
Simpson Hemphill
Coleman Stroud:
Ed Shelnut
Tom Margitay:
Eddie Talr
Dan McAllister:
William Hallberg
Belinda:
Frannye Capelle
Mrs Thompson:
Rebecca Jernigan
Source: Radio Times

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