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That'll Be The Day

Name: That'll Be The Day
Genre: Music, Drama
Released: 1973-05-13
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 6.455

★ 6,5 /10 (22 Votes)

1973 EN 87 min

Overview

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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Release date

13/05/1973

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Popularity

1.0

Genres

Music Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

87 min

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

Deborah Watling

Sandra

Brenda Bruce

Doreen

Daphne Oxenford

Mrs Sutcliffe

Kim Braden

Charlotte

Johnny Shannon

Jack

Karl Howman

Johnny

Sue Holderness

Shirley

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Sacha Puttnam

Young Jim MacLaine

Beth Morris

Jean

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James Ottaway

Granddad

Patti Love

Sandra's Friend

Sally Watts

Girl in Coffee Shop

Alan Foss

Teacher

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Patsy Blower

Young Girl at Fair

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Eugene Wallace

Stuart

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Tony McHale

1st Man in Coffee Bar

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Peter Turner

Teddy Boy

Verna Harvey

Wendy

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Ron Hackett

Policeman

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Valerie Lush

1st Lady on Beach

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Natalie Kent

Mrs Rimmer

Sara Clee

Girl with Baby

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Bernard Severn

Sutcliffe

Erin Geraghty

Joan

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Sacha Puttnam

Young Jim

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Rick Lester

Minder

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Natalie Kent

Mrs. Rimmer

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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 with school and his home life, leaves home and takes a series of dead-end jobs and is introduced to crime and sex. Even this isn't enough to off set his feeling of a hum-drum existence, could the upcoming Rock "N" Roll boom be his saviour?. With perfect cast decisions, including rock star cameo's…

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'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, and despite his increasing penchant for one-night-stands, he realises that he must sort out his future - and with a bit of help from new-found friend "Mike" (Ringo Starr) a career in music becomes his goal. It's not very realistic, no - serendipity plays an unlikely hand all too often as this youn…

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