Great Balls of Fire! (1989)

Directed by:
Jim McBride

Written by:
Jack Baran
Myra Lewis
Jim McBride
Murray Silver Jr.

Plot:
Sneaking with cousin Jimmy Lee to check out the dancing people at the Chocolate Bar, Jerry Lee, for the first time hears the piano, playing in a style he soon learns to play. Now living with his cousin J.W., he meets 13 year old Myra and they soon fall for each other. Now Jerry Lee is a rock star and decides to marry his cousin, which started his down fall. The question is will he make it, or will his young wife and his stubborn pride keep him from being the killer himself?

Genres: Biography / Drama / Music
Countries: United States
Languages: English
Runtime: 108

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Cast:

Alec Baldwin... Jimmy Swaggart

Stephen Tobolowsky... Jud Phillips

Winona Ryder... Myra Gale Brown

Dennis Quaid... Jerry Lee Lewis

Robert Lesser... Alan Freed

John Doe... J.W. Brown

John Bloom (I)... Dewey 'Daddy-O' Phillips

Steve Allen... Himself

Trey Wilson... Sam Phillips

Mark W. Johnson... Sheriff

Lisa Jane Persky... Babe

Kim Smith... Second English Reporter