Geronimo1967
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 Austin" (Larry Hagman) who does a sort of Col. Tom Parker on the man, isolating him and whilst increasing his celebrity and wealth, he also exacerbate...