Collections Search | BFI | British Film Institute

Quadrophenia (Original title)
Dates: 1979 (Copyright), 25 September 1978 (Production), 14 October 1979 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Franc Roddam

Synopsis: Set in Shepherd's Bush, 1964. Teenager Jimmy is dedicated to the Mod life-style of clothes, scooters, pill-popping, hanging around clubs and cafés with his mates, and Bank Holiday scooter runs to Brighton.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Teenagers, Mods, Rockers, Fights, Drugs
Releases
Date: 1979Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 120 mins Length: 10840 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 117 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (64)
©: The Who Films Ltd., a Curbishley-Baird production: Curbishley-Baird Enterprises, a Polytel film: Polytel Films, Presents: The Who Films, Executive Producer: Roger Daltrey, Executive Producer: John Entwistle, Executive Producer: Pete Townshend, Executive Producer: Keith Moon, Executive Producer (Polytel): David Gideon Thomson, Producer: Roy Baird, Producer: Bill Curbishley, Associate Producer: John Peverall, Unit Manager: David Anderson, Production Accountant: Kevin O'driscoll, Location Manager: Redmond Morris, Location Manager: Bryan Coates, Production Assistant: Caroline Hagen, Producer's Assistant: Ken Tuohy, [1st] Assistant Director: Ray Corbett, Assistant Director (2nd): Michael Flynn, Kieron Phipps, Continuity: Melinda Rees, Casting Director: Patsy Pollock, Screenplay by: Dave Humphries, Screenplay by: Martin Stellman, Franc Roddam, Story Consultant: Alan Fletcher, Story Consultant: Pete Townshend, Story Consultant: Chris Stamp, Director of Photography: Brian Tufano, Camera Operator: Dewi Humphries, Focus Puller: Jeff Paynter, Electrical S'visor for Lee Electrics Ltd: Martin Evans, Stills Photography: Frank Connor, Editor: Sean Barton, Editor: Mike Taylor, Production Designer: Simon Holland, Assistant Art Director: Andrew Sanders, Set Dresser: Ken Wheatley, Production Buyer: Ted High, Property Master: Terry Wells, Construction Manager: Jack Carter, Construction Supervisor: Leon Apsey, Wardrobe Supervisor: Joyce Stoneman, Make-up: Gilli Wakeford, Hair Styles Created by: Simon Thompson, Musical Director: Roger Daltrey, Musical Director: John Entwistle, Pete Townshend, Music Co-ordinator: Mike Shaw, Music Produced by: John Entwistle, Music Re-mix Engineer: Cy Langston, Sound Recordist: Christian Wrangler, Boom Operator: Albert Bailey, Dubbing Mixer: Bill Rowe, Re-recorded at: England) EMI Studios (Herts, Sound Editor: John Ireland, Action Arranger: Peter Brayham, The producers wish to thank: Freddie Haayen, Leslie Swann, Unit Publicist: Geoffrey Freeman, Public Relations: Dennis Davidson Associates, Made at: Lee International Studios
Cast (25)
Phil Daniels (Jimmy Cooper), Leslie Ash (Steph), Philip Davis (Chalky), Mark Wingett (Dave), Sting (Ace Face), Raymond Winstone (Kevin), Garry Cooper (Peter), Gary Shail (Spider), Toyah Willcox (Monkey), Trevor Laird (Ferdy), Kate Williams (mother), Michael Elphick (father), Kim Neve (Yvonne), Benjamin Whitrow (Mr Fulford), Daniel Peacock (Danny), Jeremy Child (agency man), John Phillips (magistrate), Timothy Spall (projectionist), Olivier Pierre (tailor), George Innes (café owner), John Bindon (Harry), P.H. Moriarty (barman at villains' pub), Hugh Lloyd (Mr Cale), Cross Section (band), Carol Harrison ([])