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Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
Directed by Jim McBride
“The true story of a legend.”
Drama, History, Music · 1h 48m
The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned him the scorn and condemnation of the public.
Cast
Dennis Quaid
Jerry Lee Lewis
Winona Ryder
Myra Gale Brown
John Doe
J.W. Brown
Stephen Tobolowsky
Jud Phillips
Alec Baldwin
Jimmy Swaggart
Lisa Blount
Lois Brown
Trey Wilson
Sam Phillips
Steve Allen
Steve Allen
Michael St. Gerard
Elvis
Mojo Nixon
James Van Eaton
K
Kelli Clevenger
Dancer (uncredited)
J
Joshua Sheffield
Rusty Brown
Crew
- Director
- Jim McBride
- Screenplay
- Jim McBride, Jack Baran
- Novel
- Myra Lewis Williams, Murray Silver Jr.
- Director of Photography
- Affonso Beato
- Editor
- Lisa Day, Pembroke J. Herring, Bert Lovitt
- Producer
- Adam Fields
Details
- Release date
- 1989-06-30
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Orion Pictures
- Budget
- $17,000,000
- Box office
- $13,741,060