<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $13.7 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Great Balls of Fire! is a 1989 American biographical film directed by Jim McBride and starring Dennis Quaid as rockabilly pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis . Based on a biography by Myra Lewis and Murray M. Silver Jr., the screenplay is written by McBride and Jack Baran . The film is produced by Adam Fields, with executive producers credited as Michael Grais, Mark Victor, and Art Levinson . </P> <P> The early career of Jerry Lee Lewis, from his rise to rock and roll stardom to his controversial marriage to his 13 - year - old cousin that led to his downfall, is depicted in the film . Until the scandal of the marriage depreciated his image, many had thought Lewis would supplant Elvis Presley as the "King of Rock and Roll" in the 1950s . </P>

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