That'll Be The Day

• 6.2
• 1973-05-13
• 87 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Claude Whatham

Writer:

Ray Connolly