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American Hot Wax (1978)
Directed by Floyd Mutrux
Overview
This is the story loosely based on Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock’n'roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950s. Freed was a source of great controversy: criticized by conservatives for corrupting youth with the “devil’s music”; hated by racists for promoting African American music for white consumption; persecuted by law enforcement officials and finally brought down by the “payola” scandals.
Rated PG | Length 91 minutes
Actors
Tim McIntire | Fran Drescher | Jay Leno | Laraine Newman | Carl Weaver | Al Chalk | Sam Harkness | Arnold McCuller | Jeff Altman | Moosie Drier | John Lehne | Stewart Steinberg | Jack Edward Ellis | Richard Forbes | Stephen Pearlman | Keene Curtis | Pat McNamara | Will Thornbury | Hamilton Camp | Chuck Berry | Jerry Lee Lewis | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Charles Greene | Kenny Vance | Joe Esposito | Bruce Sudano | Eddie Hokenson | Stephanie Spruill | Joyce King | Yolande Howard | Brenda Russell | Marion Perkins | Matthew Tobin | Bobby Johnson | Harold 'Red' Keller | Elmer Valentine | Charles Irwin | Jeanne Sheffield | Andrea Robinson | Gail Kantor | Patricia Clinger | Mark Diamond | Al Maines | Artie Ripp | Mary Peters | Nora Denney