Buddy's Song

IMDb link: 0099184
IMDb rating: 5.2 (398 votes)
Genres: Drama, Music
Director: Claude Whatham
Cast: Michael Elphick, Roger Daltrey, Chesney Hawkes, Sharon Duce and others

Release date: 1 Mar 1991
Release year: 1991
Runtime: 102 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Keywords: rock 'n' roll, petty crime, reference to buddy holly, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, husband wife estrangement, computer, employer employee relationship, mother son relationship, cockney

Plot:

Buddy is an aspiring teenager who is a very good musician and has pressure to go further than his Dad's teddy boy rocker days. However when his father is sent away for a year for covering up for criminal Des it puts further strain on the family relationship. When Terry is released things get steadily harder while Buddy's career gets rosier.

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