🎬 Documentary, Music

Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson

⭐ 7.5/10 1976 29m Dir. Tom Davenport

About this movie

A portrait of Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson --black harmonica player, singer, and comedian who made his living "busking" on the street and performing in patent-medicine shows touring southern towns. Footage includes excerpts from one of his last medicine shows, videotaped at a county fair in 1972, and material filmed near his home in South Carolina in 1975. The performance includes harmonica solos, songs, a parody of a chanted sermon, folktales and reminiscences, and three buck dances.

Quick facts

Year
1976
Runtime
29m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.5/10
Votes
2
Genre
Documentary, Music
Director
Tom Davenport
Language
EN

Cast

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Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson
Himself
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Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson has a runtime of 29m ( and 29 minutes).
Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson was directed by Tom Davenport and released in 1976.
Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson is a Documentary, Music film (1976).
The cast of Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson includes Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson.
Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson has a TMDB rating of 7.5/10 based on 2 votes.

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