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24/10/1974 Drama 1h 47m
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Overview

Jim MacLaine is now enjoying the nomadic 'gigs and groupies' life on tour with his band. When he achieves all his wildest dreams of international stardom, the sweet taste of success begins to turn sour.

  1. Michael Apted

    Director

  2. Ray Connolly

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. David Essex

    Jim MacLaine

  2. Adam Faith

    Mike Menary

  3. Larry Hagman

    Porter Lee Austin

  4. Rosalind Ayres

    Jeanette

  5. Marty Wilde

    Colin Day

  6. Keith Moon

    JD Glover

  7. Dave Edmunds

    Alex

  8. Ines Des Longchamps

    Danielle

  9. Karl Howman

    Stevie

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-11-07
David Essex is quite natural looking here, as he develops his "Jim MacLaine" character established in "That'll Be The Day" (1973). Playing the odd gig here and there with his band "The Stray Cats", their roadie "Mike" (Adam Faith) manages to get them an audition with a producer. He takes a bit of a shine to them but changes the dynamic replacing the band leader "Johnny" (Paul Nicholas) with "MacLaine". Any sense of disappointment and rivalry is soon overcome - on the surface, anyway though, as the band go from strength to strength. Eventually they come to the attention of American "Porter Lee ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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