THAT'LL BE THE DAY (1973)

CLAUDE WHATHAM

Drama 1950s Music Kitchen Sink Recommended Dave B's Must Sees

Cast

DAVID ESSEX RINGO STARR ROSEMARY LEACH JAMES BOOTH BILLY FURY KEITH MOON ROSALIND AYRES ROBERT LINDSAY BRENDA BRUCE

Plot

A surprisingly gritty slice of Rock and Roll nostalgia. David Essex is Jim Maclaine, a working-class West Country lad who, having been abandoned by his father at an early age, drops out of the exams that would lead to university and heads of to find his fortune as a rock star in a shabby seaside town. That'll Be the Day is made in the same downbeat, naturalistic way as the kitchen sink films of a decade before, but with a very upbeat rock'n'roll soundtrack. Some strange cameos (what was Ringo Starr thinking?) and a good few foot-tappin' numbers.