That'll Be The Day

6.3
  • Genre: MusicDrama
  • Run time: 87 min
  • Premiere: 1973. May 13.

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.

Discover

David Essex

Jim MacLaine

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

Daphne Oxenford

Mrs Sutcliffe

Kim Braden

Charlotte

Karl Howman

Johnny

Sacha Puttnam

Young Jim MacLaine

James Ottaway

Granddad

Patti Love

Sandra's Friend

Sally Watts

Girl in Coffee Shop

Alan Foss

Teacher

Patsy Blower

Young Girl at Fair

Tony McHale

1st Man in Coffee Bar

Peter Turner

Teddy Boy

Ron Hackett

Policeman

Valerie Lush

1st Lady on Beach

Natalie Kent

Mrs Rimmer

Sara Clee

Girl with Baby

Bernard Severn

Sutcliffe

Sacha Puttnam

Young Jim

Rick Lester

Minder

Art

Brian Morris

Art Direction

Camera

Peter Suschitzky

Director of Photography

Directing

Claude Whatham

Director

Editing

Stuart Baird

Assistant Editor

Production

Roy Baird

Executive Producer

David Puttnam

Producer

Writing

Art

Brian Morris

Art Direction

Camera

Peter Suschitzky

Director of Photography

Directing

Claude Whatham

Director

Editing

Stuart Baird

Assistant Editor

Production

Roy Baird

Executive Producer

David Puttnam

Producer

Writing