Ode to Billy Joe
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahead.
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Keyword: sexual identity, sexual frustration, mississippi river, bridge, coming of age, doll, based on song, poem or rhyme, young love, teen suicide, jumping off a bridge, gay theme, deep south
- Cast: Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Joan Hotchkis, Terence Goodman, Sandy McPeak, James Best