That'll Be The Day
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1973
1h 27m
PG
English
Music, Drama
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That'll Be The Day
PG
Movie
1973
1h 27m
English
Music, Drama
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
Jim MacLaine
Mike
Mr MacLaine
Mrs. MacLaine
Stormy Tempest
Jeanette Sutcliffe
Terry Sutcliffe
J.D. Glover
Sandra
Doreen
Mrs Sutcliffe
Charlotte
Jack
Johnny
Shirley
Jean
Granddad
Sandra's Friend
Girl in Coffee Shop
Teacher
Young Girl at Fair
Stuart
1st Man in Coffee Bar
Teddy Boy
Wendy
Directed By: Claude Whatham
Written By: Ray Connolly
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John Chard
4 years ago
The road to stardom(dust) begins here.
That'll Be the Day is directed by Claude Whatham and written by Ray Connolly. It stars David Essex, Ringo Starr, Rosemary Leach, Rosalind Ayres and Robert Lindsay. Cinematography is by Peter Suschitzky.
It's 1958 Britain and Jim MacLaine (Essex), fed up More
That'll Be the Day is directed by Claude Whatham and written by Ray Connolly. It stars David Essex, Ringo Starr, Rosemary Leach, Rosalind Ayres and Robert Lindsay. Cinematography is by Peter Suschitzky.
It's 1958 Britain and Jim MacLaine (Essex), fed up More
CinemaSerf
one year ago
'Jim MacLaine" (David Essex) is a restless teenager in 1950s Britain. He leaves home and best friend "Terry" (Robert Lindsay) and gets a cheap room at a seaside resort when he makes a living renting out deck chairs - not the most fulfilling job as the rain pours down! He's quite a bright lad, though More
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