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That'll Be The Day

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That'll Be The Day — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • May 13, 1973
  • Runtime
  • 87 min
  • Genres
  • Music, Drama
  • Director
  • Claude Whatham

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That'll Be The Day — Cast

David Essex photo David Essex Jim MacLaine Ringo Starr photo Ringo Starr Mike James Booth photo James Booth Mr MacLaine Rosemary Leach photo Rosemary Leach Mrs. MacLaine Billy Fury photo Billy Fury Stormy Tempest Rosalind Ayres photo Rosalind Ayres Jeanette Sutcliffe Robert Lindsay photo Robert Lindsay Terry Sutcliffe Keith Moon photo Keith Moon J.D. Glover

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