Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 277,232 playable programmes from the BBC

Great Balls of Fire

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Musical biopic of rock legend
Jerry Lee Lewis , starring
Dennis Quaid , Winona Ryder
He was known as "the Killer". When he hammered the keys and belted out the tunes, his fans howled for more. But the scandal of his marriage to a 13-year-old cousin all but killed off his career. This biography concentrates mostly on Lewis's rise and temporary fall between 1956 and 1958, when he made his name playing a raucous version of rock 'n' roll - "the Devil's music", as his cousin Jimmy Swaggart called it. Look out for a cameo from Peter Cook as an English journalist.
Director Jim McBride (1989)
* FILM REVIEWS pages 51-56

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerry Lee Lewis
Unknown:
Dennis Quaid
Unknown:
Jimmy Swaggart
Unknown:
Peter Cook
Director:
Jim McBride
Jerry Lee Lewis:
Dennis Quaid
Myra Gale Lewis:
Winona Ryder
JW Brown:
John Doe
John Phillips:
Stephen Tobolowsky
Sam Phillips:
Trey Wilson
Jimmy Swaggart:
Alec Batdwin
Dewey Daddy-O Phillips:
Joe Bob Briggs
Steve Allen:
Himself
Lois Brown:
Lisa Blount
Source: Radio Times

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More