That'll Be The Day

That'll Be The Day

87 mins | Drama, Music | May 13, 1973

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.

That'll Be The Day

87 mins | Drama, Music | May 13, 1973

That'll Be The Day
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Goodtimes Enterprises
Original title That'll Be The Day
Directors Claude Whatham
Writers Ray Connolly

Cast

David Essex

as Jim MacLaine

Ringo Starr

as Mike

James Booth

as Mr MacLaine

Rosemary Leach

as Mrs. MacLaine

Billy Fury

as Stormy Tempest

Rosalind Ayres

as Jeanette Sutcliffe

Robert Lindsay

as Terry Sutcliffe

Keith Moon

as J.D. Glover

Deborah Watling

as Sandra

Brenda Bruce

as Doreen

Daphne Oxenford

as Mrs Sutcliffe

Kim Braden

as Charlotte

Johnny Shannon

as Jack

Karl Howman

as Johnny

Sue Holderness

as Shirley

Sacha Puttnam

as Young Jim MacLaine / Young Jim

Beth Morris

as Jean

James Ottaway

as Granddad

Patti Love

as Sandra's Friend

Sally Watts

as Girl in Coffee Shop

Alan Foss

as Teacher

Patsy Blower

as Young Girl at Fair

Eugene Wallace

as Stuart

Tony McHale

as 1st Man in Coffee Bar

Peter Turner

as Teddy Boy

Verna Harvey

as Wendy

Ron Hackett

as Policeman

Valerie Lush

as 1st Lady on Beach

Natalie Kent

as Mrs Rimmer

Sara Clee

as Girl with Baby

Bernard Severn

as Sutcliffe

Erin Geraghty

as Joan

Rick Lester

as Minder