Buddy's Song Movie Review 1991

A '60s coming of age tale, only in this case it's the father and not the son who needs to grow up. Dad (Daltrey) is more interested in hanging out with his no-account musician friends than in looking after his family. Although he's not above meddling in his teenage son's musical career, which could be the success his father's never was. Based on the novel by Nigel Hinton who also did the screenplay. British teen idol Hawkes (in his film debut) had a top ten hit song from the film with "The One and Only."

Distribution

Baker & Taylor Inc., 2709 Water Ridge Pkwy., Ste. 500, Charlotte, NC 28217, Phone: (704)357-3500, Toll-free: 800-775-1800, Email: btinfo@btol.com, URL: http://www.btol.com

Available on VHS
Running time 106 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Bad Dads, Coming of Age

Screenplay

Nigel Hinton

Cast

Roger Daltrey, Chesney Hawkes, Sharon Duce, Michael Elphick, Douglas Hodge, Lee Ross, James Aubrey, Liza Walker

Cinematography

John Hooper

Director

Claude Whatham

Music

John Grover, Roger Daltrey

Producer

Roy Baird, Bill Curbishley, Roger Daltrey