American Hot Wax (1978)

Directors

Floyd Mutrux

Cast

Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher, Jay Leno, Laraine Newman

The story

In late-1950s New York City, WROL disc jockey Alan Freed promotes his upcoming rock n' roll show at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater, headlined by Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis. Freed's radio program is hugely popular with teenagers, and the Paramount show is expected to sell out, despite concern that the police will shut it down as they did with Freed's previous show in Boston. Local law enforcement, led by D.A.

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