Slade in Flame (1975)
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British glam rock superstars Slade made their collective acting debut in this downbeat drama about a pop group's struggles with success. In the late '60s, Barry (Dave Hill), Paul (Jim Lea), and Charlie (Don Powell) are musicians who are barely making a living playing pub dates, weddings, and… More British glam rock superstars Slade made their collective acting debut in this downbeat drama about a pop group's struggles with success. In the late '60s, Barry (Dave Hill), Paul (Jim Lea), and Charlie (Don Powell) are musicians who are barely making a living playing pub dates, weddings, and socials backing up egocentric vocalist Jack Daniels (Alan Lake). One night, the boys find themselves opening for a ghoulish show band called The Undertakers, and a prank played on their lead vocalist, Stoker (Noddy Holder), backfires and leads to a car chase which lands both groups in jail for the night. After a long night of thinking, Barry, Paul, and Charlie decide that they have no future with Daniels, and bring new pal Stoker aboard as their singer. Calling themselves Iron Rod, the new quartet clicks musically, but manager Ron Harding (Johnny Shannon) doesn't care for their new style and stops booking the group. Robert Seymour (Tom Conti), a marketing man from a wealthy family who thinks there's quick money in pop music, enters the picture and informs the band that he can make them major stars. Wary of Seymour but eager for success, the group signs a new management deal, and after Seymour changes their name to Flame and gives them an image makeover, the band scores a hit record and is soon playing a series of sold-out shows. But as fame beckons, tensions rise between the musicians and is not at all helped when Harding reenters the picture. Slade members Jim Lea and Noddy Holder wrote a set of original songs for the film, two of which ("Far Far Away" and "How Does It Feel") became hit singles in the U.K. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Loncraine
- Written By
- Andrew Birkin, Dave Humphries
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Drama
- In Theaters
- Dec 31, 1975 Wide
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Cast
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Noddy Holder
as Stoker
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Dave Hill
as Barry
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Don Powell
as Charlie
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Tom Conti
as Seymour
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Johnny Shannon
as Harding
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Alan Lake
as Daniels
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Sara Clee
as Angie
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Antony Allen
as Russell
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John Dicks
as Lenny
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Michael Coles
as Roy Priest
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Nina Thomas
as Julie
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A.J. Brown
as Chairman
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Barrie Houghton (II)
as Ron
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Jimmy Gardner
as Charlie's Dad
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Sheila Raynor
as Charlie's Mum
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Kenneth Colley
as Tony Devlin
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Patrick Connor
as Foreman
- Jim Lea
- Slade