<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> £ 288,000 </Td> </Tr> <P> That'll Be the Day is a 1973 British drama film directed by Claude Whatham, written by Ray Connolly, and starring David Essex, Rosemary Leach and Ringo Starr . It is set in the late 1950s / early 1960s and was partially filmed on the Isle of Wight . </P> <P> Jim MacLaine (David Essex) was abandoned by his father when he was young . Later, as a suburban school dropout, Jim leaves home and drifts through a succession of dead - end jobs until he finds an outlet for his frustration in rock' n' roll . Tossing away the chance of a university education much to the consternation of his mother, alienated MacLaine becomes a lowly deckchair attendant before streetwise friend Mike (Ringo Starr) gets him a job firstly as a barman and then with the fun fair . The initially shy MacLaine quickly becomes a heartless fairground Romeo leaving a trail of broken hearts in his wake . Eventually MacLaine returns home to run the family store and marry his girlfriend, but despite the birth of a son, restless Jim feels the lure of rock' n' roll again . </P>

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