The Ballad of Billie Blue (Jailbreakin') is a Christian-themed film that stars Jason Ledger, Renny Roker, Ray Danton, and Sherry Bain.
A country music singer played by Jason Ledger is wrongly convicted of a crime and as a result ends up being on a Southern chain gang.
[3] The film opened Thursday April 20, 1972 at the Holland Theatre and was showing for a week.
[6] An organization called Christian Young People had the film showing at the Ottawa Technical High School at 8PM, April 26, 1979.
[9] Hanko Herman of The Reformed Free Publishing Association referred to it as "a filthy piece of pornography" in his article "The Christian And Movies" that appeared in Issue: 11, 3/1/1972.