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That'll Be The Day

May 13, 1973 · 1h 27m
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Music
Drama

PLOT

Britain, 1958. Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim leaves home to take a series of low-level jobs at a seaside amusement park, where he discovers a world of cheap sex and petty crime. But when that world comes to a shockingly brutal end, Jim returns home. As the local music scene explodes, Jim must decide between a life of adult responsibility or a new phenomenon called rock & roll.

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CAST

David Essex
Jim MacLaine
Ringo Starr
Mike
James Booth
Mr MacLaine
Rosemary Leach
Mrs. MacLaine
Billy Fury
Stormy Tempest
Rosalind Ayres
Jeanette Sutcliffe
Robert Lindsay
Terry Sutcliffe
Keith Moon
J.D. Glover
Directed by Claude Whatham

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Goodtimes Enterprises
Country
GB

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