Directed by:
Steve RashScreenplay:
Robert GittlerCinematography:
Stevan LarnerComposer:
Joe RenzettiCast:
Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis, Gailard Sartain, Maria Richwine, Dick O'Neill, Will Jordan, John F. Goff, Joe Renzetti (more)VOD (1)
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A powerful biography of '50s Texas rockabilly phenomenon Buddy Holly who took his band the Crickets to the top of the charts before a tragic airplane accident ended his life. Portrays Holly as regular, hardworking type who struggles with peers and the music industry before he makes it big with the huge hit "That'll Be The Day." Also details the final events leading up to the plane crash, en route to Minnesota in a snow storm on February 3, 1959, which also claimed the lives of Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Gary Busey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267442_e77803.jpg)
Gary Busey
USA
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon (1987)
The Bear (1984)
Into the West (2005) (series)
![Don Stroud](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/906/157906655_4c2d6a.jpg)
Don Stroud
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
I Want to Live (1983) (TV movie)
...tick... tick... tick... (1970)
![Charles Martin Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270106_3fcf80.jpg)
Charles Martin Smith
USA
Best movies:
The Untouchables (1987)
Never Cry Wolf (1983)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
![Conrad Janis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871925_e8653d.jpg)
Conrad Janis
USA
Best movies:
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Brewster's Millions (1985)
The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
![Gailard Sartain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/405/405058_63d7cc.jpg)
Gailard Sartain
USA
Best movies:
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The Moderns (1988)
Maria Richwine
Colombia
Best movies:
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
The Sitter (1991) (TV movie)
![Dick O'Neill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/112/158112048_6897f5.gif)
Dick O'Neill
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Front Page (1974)
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Will Jordan
USA
Best movies:
The Doors (1991)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
![John F. Goff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/806/160806228_084526.jpg)
John F. Goff
Best movies:
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
The Fog (1980)
They Live (1988)
Joe Renzetti
USA
Best movies:
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
![Arch Johnson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000133_5b7089.gif)
Arch Johnson
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
![Neva Patterson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/597/159597482_09293b.jpg)
Neva Patterson
USA
Best movies:
All the President's Men (1976)
Women of Valor (1986) (TV movie)
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
![Matthew 'Stymie' Beard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/985/159985495_40b415.jpg)
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
USA
Best movies:
Captain Blood (1935)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
Jezebel (1938)
![Albert Popwell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/359/160359538_e088c7.gif)
Albert Popwell
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Paul Mooney
USA
Best movies:
Bustin' Loose (1981)
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Bamboozled (2000)
Richard Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
California Split (1974)
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Tom Horn (1980)
William Jordan
USA
Best movies:
Contact (1997)
The Parallax View (1974)
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Jack Denbo
USA
Best movies:
Papillon (1973)
Barton Fink (1991)
Skyjacked (1972)
Robert Christopher
USA
Best movies:
Up Periscope (1959)
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Elvis (1979) (TV movie)
Freeman King
USA
Best movies:
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Fletch (1985)
Lionheart (1990)