The Buddy Holly Story

Directed by Steve Rash
PG
1978    1h 54mDrama, Biography
7.2100%77%7.2
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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.
  • Gary BuseyBuddy Holly
  • Don StroudJesse Charles
  • Charles Martin SmithRay Bob Simmons
  • Conrad JanisRoss Turner
  • William JordanRiley
  • Maria RichwineMaria Elena Holly
  • 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 SartainThe Big Bopper
  • Albert PopwellEddie
  • Paul MooneySam
  • M.G. KellyAvalon M.C.
  • Dan S TurpinJanuary 27, 2026
    Spirited performance by Gary Busey, but the film is mostly fiction. Why? Who knows? Legal issues prevented some of Holly's life off limits and resulted in this. Well -made for what it is. All the music was played live. Terrific music.

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  • The Buddy Holly Story
    The Buddy Holly StoryTrailer
  • Better Sign Him
    Better Sign HimScene
  • That'll Be The Day
    That'll Be The DayScene

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