Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson
1976, English. Directed by Tom Davenport.
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.
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- 0h 29m
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- 1 January 1976
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Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1976. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson?
Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson (1976) was directed by Tom Davenport and stars Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson.