The Buddy Holly Story

1978    1h 54m    PG
7.2100%77%71%
The musical career of rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly is chronicled, from the days when "Peggy Sue" was "Cindy Lou", a song about his first girlfriend, to the meteoric run of "That'll Be the Day" up the charts, to his marriage, breakup with the Crickets, reunion with the Crickets, and untimely death.
Directed By
Steve Rash
Studio
Innovisions, Columbia Pictures
Cast of The Buddy Holly Story
  • Gary BuseyBuddy Holly
  • Don StroudJesse Charles
  • Charles Martin SmithRay Bob Simmons
  • Conrad JanisRoss Turner
  • William JordanRiley
  • Maria RichwineMaria Elena
  • Amy JohnstonCindy Lou
  • Dick O'NeillSol Gittler
  • Fred TravalenaMadman Mancuso
  • Neva PattersonMrs. Holly
  • Arch JohnsonMr. Holly
  • John F. GoffT.J.
  • Gloria IrizarryMrs. Santiago
  • Jody BerryEngineer Sam
  • Richard KennedyPreacher
  • Jim BeachWilson
  • Gailard SartainBig Bopper
  • Albert PopwellEddie
  • Paul MooneySam
  • M.G. KellyAvalon M.C.
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