and the other Stray Cats inform Jim they are severing ties with him, leaving him as a solo act with no close friends except Mike and Danielle. Jim embarks on an ambitious project to compose and sing a progressive rock opera glorifying women, in honor of his late mother. When Danielle clashes with Porter Lee and then insinuates Mike is sexually attracted to Jim, Mike arranges for her to catch Jim having sex with another woman, causing her to walk out. Jim's rock opera, broadcast live to a worldwide audience of millions, is a huge success, but Jim, tired of his rock star life, moves to an isolated castle in Spain and becomes a recluse. Mike, who by now is acting as Jim's handler and caretaker, lives with him, but old resentments between the two soon surface. After two years, Porter Lee pushes Jim to come out of seclusion in order to make money to cover unpaid taxes and avoid being forgotten by his public. A major live television interview is planned, but on the day of the interview, the mentally fragile and drug-addled Jim refuses to come out of his room. Mike, whose friendship with Jim has deteriorated, coldly orders him to come out and do his job. Jim finally emerges and starts to do the interview, but gives rude responses and then starts to laugh uncontrollably. Mike, the only one to realize that Jim has overdosed on drugs, rushes to call an ambulance, but Jim dies on the way to the hospital. Cast David Essex as Jim MacLaine Adam Faith as Mike Menary Larry Hagman as Porter Lee Austin Ines Des Longchamps as Danielle Rosalind Ayres as Jeanette Sutcliffe MacLaine Marty Wilde as Colin Day Charlotte Cornwell as Sally Potter Edd Byrnes as TV Interviewer Keith Moon as J. D. Clover Dave Edmunds as Alex Paul Nicholas as Johnny Karl Howman as Stevie Richard LeParmentier as Felix Hoffman Peter Duncan as Kevin John Normington as Ronald Harrap James Hazeldine as Brian David Daker as Ralph Woods David Jacobs as Himself Ray Winstone is seen briefly as an uncredited extra in an early club performance scene in his first movie appearance. Production Development Screenwriter Ray Connolly, who developed both That'll Be the Day and Stardust with producer David Puttnam, wrote about the making of Stardust in 2017. Connolly said he and Puttnam were thinking about a sequel to That'll