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That'll Be the Day

1973 film by Claude Whatham
Movie film Q3519615
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Summary

That'll Be the Day is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • That'll Be the Day's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • That'll Be the Day was directed by Claude Whatham[4].
  • Ray Connolly wrote the screenplay for That'll Be the Day[5].
  • That'll Be the Day's genre is musical film[6].
  • That'll Be the Day's genre is drama film[7].
  • A cast member of That'll Be the Day was David Essex[8].
  • A cast member of That'll Be the Day was Ringo Starr[9].
  • A cast member of That'll Be the Day was Keith Moon[10].
  • A cast member of That'll Be the Day was Billy Fury[11].
  • A cast member of That'll Be the Day was Deborah Watling[12].
  • That'll Be the Day was produced by David Puttnam[13].
  • The original language of That'll Be the Day was English[14].
  • That'll Be the Day's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[15].
  • That'll Be the Day's country of origin is recorded as Australia[16].
  • That'll Be the Day was published on January 1, 1973[17].
  • That'll Be the Day's title is recorded as That'll Be the Day[18].
  • That'll Be the Day's duration is recorded as {'amount': '+91'}[19].
  • That'll Be the Day's Australian Classification is recorded as M[20].
  • That'll Be the Day's P14449 is recorded as 110560[21].
  • That'll Be the Day's P14821 is recorded as 70788[22].

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Authorship and Creation

That'll Be the Day was produced by David Puttnam[13]. It was directed by Claude Whatham[4]. Ray Connolly wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include David Essex[8], Ringo Starr[9], Keith Moon[10], Billy Fury[11], and Deborah Watling[12].

Publication

That'll Be the Day was published on January 1, 1973[17]. The original language of it was English[14]. Genres include musical film[6] and drama film[7].

Why It Matters

That'll Be the Day ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month).[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Australia film Keith Moon Ringo Starr United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 70788
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 70788, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269964|batch #269964]]"
  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 31605
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 31605, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269267|batch #269267]]"
  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 110560
    Producer → David Puttnam
    Publication date → +1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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