That'll Be the Day
1973, Film, 91 min, Drama, Music, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 65
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.
Directed by Claude Whatham
Cast
- David Essex as Jim MacLaine
- Ringo Starr as Mike
- Rosemary Leach as Mrs. MacLaine
- James Booth as Mr. MacLaine
- Billy Fury as Stormy Tempest
- Keith Moon as J.D. Clover
- Rosalind Ayres as Jeanette
- Robert Lindsay as Terry
- Brenda Bruce as Doreen
- Verna Harvey as Wendy
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