Ode to Billy Joe

1976 • 106 minutes
4.5
89 reviews
44%
Tomatometer
PG
Rating
Eligible
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About this movie

Based on a 1967 hit song. A seventeen-year-old boy is seduced into a homosexual act. His guilt over the incident drives him to commit suicide by jumping off the Tallahatchie Bridge, leaving his girlfriend behind.
Rating
PG

Ratings and reviews

4.5
89 reviews
anime fan
June 11, 2016
This is a sad story about gay life in the 1960s and how gay men have to suffer being who they are.
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Brenda Johnson
June 1, 2015
This is wonderful movie from my teenage years ordering it so my daughter can see it also.
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Sherri Erickson
March 9, 2017
It is a movie about young love, and the fear behind mistakes in a religious community. Robby Benson, great actor.
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