Ode to Billy Joe

Ode to Billy Joe

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

PG 1976 · 105 min · ★ 6.1 · Drama, Romance

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

Directed by Max Baer Jr. · Written by Herman Raucher

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