Directed by:
Claude WhathamScreenplay:
Ray ConnollyCinematography:
Peter SuschitzkyCast:
David Essex, Ringo Starr, James Booth, Rosalind Ayres, Robert Lindsay, Johnny Shannon, Sara Clee, Sue Holderness, Keith Moon, Sally Watts, Rosemary Leach (more)Plots(1)
Britain, 1958: Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim McLain (David Essex) leaves home to take a series of low-level jobs at a seaside amusement park. With the help of his new friend Mike (Ringo Starr), he soon discovers a wild world of cheap sex and petty crime. But when that world comes to a shockingly brutal end, Jim returns home to face his future. As the local music scene explodes, Jim must decide between the life of adult responsibility or a new phenomenon called Rock & Roll. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
David Essex
UK
Best movies:
Journey of Honor (1991)
The Guvnors (2014)
Assault (1971)
Ringo Starr
UK
Best movies:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Pop Gear (1965)
James Booth
UK
Best movies:
Zulu (1964)
Robbery (1967)
Fräulein Doktor (1969)
Rosalind Ayres
UK
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Black Beauty (1994)
Robert Lindsay
UK
Best movies:
Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998) (TV movie)
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998) (TV movie)
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999) (TV movie)
Johnny Shannon
UK
Best movies:
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Flame (1975)
Sweeney! (1977)
Sara Clee
Best movies:
Flame (1975)
That'll Be the Day (1973)
Sue Holderness
UK
Best movies:
That'll Be the Day (1973)
Keith Moon
UK
Best movies:
The Who: At Kilburn 1977 (1977) (concert)
Tommy (1975)
200 Motels (1971)
Sally Watts
Best movies:
Daniel Deronda (2002) (TV movie)
That'll Be the Day (1973)
Rosemary Leach
UK
Best movies:
The Plague Dogs (1982)
Othello (1981) (TV movie)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997) (series)
Sacha Puttnam
UK
Best movies:
That'll Be the Day (1973)
Brenda Bruce
UK
Best movies:
Little Dorrit (1987)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Swallows and Amazons (1974)
Deborah Watling
UK
Best movies:
That'll Be the Day (1973)
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story (2008) (TV movie) - a.f.
Kim Braden
UK
Best movies:
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Silent Cries (1993)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin (1991) (TV movie)
Beth Morris
UK
Best movies:
Plenty (1985)
August (1996)
Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
Karl Howman
UK
Best movies:
The Long Good Friday (1980)
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
That'll Be the Day (1973)
Daphne Oxenford
UK
Best movies:
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
All Creatures Great and Small (1975) (TV movie)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
Valerie Lush
UK
Best movies:
Taggart (1983) (series)
Anna Karenina (1985) (TV movie)
That'll Be the Day (1973)
Verna Harvey
UK
Best movies:
The Nightcomers (1972)
Chato's Land (1972)
That'll Be the Day (1973)