Release Date

17 Mar, 1978

Runtime

01:31: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

1959. New York City. The battleground was Rock and Roll. It was the beginning of an era. You shoulda been there.

This is the story loosely based on Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock'n'roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950s. Freed was a source of great controversy: criticized by conservatives for corrupting youth with the "devil's music"; hated by racists for promoting African American music for white consumption; persecuted by law enforcement officials and finally brought down by the "payola" scandals.

Original Title

American Hot Wax

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Actors

Tim McIntire

Fran Drescher

Jay Leno

Laraine Newman

Carl Weaver

Al Chalk

Sam Harkness

Arnold McCuller

Jeff Altman

Moosie Drier

John Lehne

Stewart Steinberg

Jack Edward Ellis

Richard Forbes

Stephen Pearlman

Keene Curtis

Pat McNamara

Will Thornbury

Hamilton Camp

Chuck Berry

Jerry Lee Lewis

Crew

Floyd Mutrux

John Kaye

Art Linson

William A. Fraker

Danford B. Greene

Melvin Shapiro

Ronald J. Fagan

Robert De Mora

Elayne Barbara Ceder