Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Jan 8, 2010

1h 55m

★ 6.3

There are a couple of ways to avoid death....one is to be magnificent

Overview

A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Prescience Film Fund

UK Film Council

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Trailers

Cast

Ian Dury

Andy Serkis

Chaz Jankel

Tom Hughes

Betty Dury

Olivia Williams

Denise

Naomie Harris

Baxter Dury

Bill Milner

Bill Drury

Ray Winstone

Mick Gallagher

Arthur Darvill

Clive Richards

Luke Evans

Russell Hardy

Mackenzie Crook

Desmond

Noel Clarke

Hargreaves

Toby Jones

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