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That'll Be The Day (1973)

1973-05-13 · 1h 27m · EN
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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.

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Claude WhathamDirectorRay ConnollyWriter

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David EssexDavid EssexJim MacLaineRingo StarrRingo StarrMikeJames BoothJames BoothMr MacLaineRosemary LeachRosemary LeachMrs. MacLaineBilly FuryBilly FuryStormy TempestRosalind AyresRosalind AyresJeanette SutcliffeRobert LindsayRobert LindsayTerry SutcliffeKeith MoonKeith MoonJ.D. GloverDeborah WatlingDeborah WatlingSandraBrenda BruceBrenda BruceDoreenDaphne OxenfordDaphne OxenfordMrs SutcliffeKim BradenKim BradenCharlotte

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1950sRock 'n' roll

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Genre affinityDrama · MusicTheme affinity1950s · Rock N RollDialogue densityDramaPacingShortDirector preference452604Actor preference458539 · 313631 · 287505

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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.

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That'll Be The Day has a runtime of 87 minutes.

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