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A young postman, who fronts a pop group, dreams of being bigger than The Beatles. They record a demo tape, but things seem to be going pear shaped when he loses the tape. There is also his father to contend with who thinks he's wasting his time with all that pop music nonsense.
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Audiences 55GoodWatch 58
IMDb5.5
Running time
1 h 15 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 music movies, −31 min on the typical 106
typical 10675Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 13 more
Released
1963
November 29, 1963
63 years ago
Genres
MusicDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United Kingdom
and 7 more20 people
- David HemmingsDave Martin
- JMJennifer MossJill
- JPJohn PikePhil
- HBHeinz BurtRon
- Steve MarriottRicky
- Joan NewellMargaret Martin
- Ed DevereauxHerbert Martin
- Veronica HurstKay
- PLPenny LambirthBarbara
- Peter GlazeMike Moss
- David BauerMark Watson
- AAAnthony AshdownBob
- Douglas IvesBingo
Paul HansardFilm Director- GlGeoff l’CiseAssistant
- NSNancy SpainColumnist
- PHPeter HaighAnnouncer
- PNPeter NobleInterviewer
- TMTrevor MaskellAldo
Ritchie BlackmoreGuitarist "The Outlaws"
Directing · 1
- Lance Comfort Director
Writing · 2
- Lyn Fairhurst Story, Writer
- Harold Shampan Idea
Camera · 1
- Basil Emmott Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- John Trumper Editor
Sound · 1
- Joe Meek Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- John Stephen Costume Design
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