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The Buddy Holly Story

7.2 114 mins Drama   Music   1978
Innovisions   Columbia Pictures   Taurus Film  
Director(s): Steve Rash

A chronicle of the rise and brief career of rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly, who aspires to play music the way he wants it to sound. Holly and his band, the Crickets, are first invited to record in Nashville, where they encounter creative differences with the producing staff. Later they play a major booking at the Apollo Theater, scheduled there under the mistaken assumption that they're a black band. Holly's career eventually goes solo -- until the tragic day the music dies.

Casts of The Buddy Holly Story

Gary Busey

as Buddy Holly

Don Stroud

as Jesse Charles

Charles Martin Smith

as Ray Bob Simmons

Conrad Janis

as Ross Turner

William Jordan

as Riley

Maria Richwine

as Maria Elena Holly

Amy Johnston

as Cindy Lou

Dick O'Neill

as Sol Gittler

Fred Travalena

as Madman Mancuso

Neva Patterson

as Mrs. Holly

Arch Johnson

as Mr. Holly

John F. Goff

as T.J.

Gloria Irizarry

as Mrs. Santiago

Jody Berry

as Engineer Sam

Richard Kennedy

as Preacher

Jim Beach

as Wilson

Gailard Sartain

as The Big Bopper

Albert Popwell

as Eddie

Paul Mooney

as Sam

M.G. Kelly

as Avalon M.C.

Matthew Beard

as Luther

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