That'll Be The Day

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That'll Be The Day (1973)

15 10/29/1973 (US) Music, Drama 1h 27m

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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.

Claude Whatham

Director
Ray Connolly

Writer

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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
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A review by John Chard

70%

Written by John Chard on March 15, 2020

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,... read the rest.

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