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.
- 6.2
- 1973
- Released
- 1h 27m
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
Beth Morris
Jean
James Ottaway
Granddad
Patti Love
Sandra's Friend
Sally Watts
Girl in Coffee Shop
Alan Foss
TeacherPatsy Blower
Young Girl at FairEugene Wallace
StuartPeter Turner
Teddy Boy
Verna Harvey
WendyRon Hackett
PolicemanValerie Lush
1st Lady on BeachNatalie Kent
Mrs Rimmer
Sara Clee
Girl with BabyBernard Severn
Sutcliffe
Erin Geraghty
JoanRick Lester
MinderNatalie Kent
Mrs. Rimmer
Released
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- #rock 'n' roll
- #1950s
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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 fu
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