That Summer!

It is the story of a 21-year-old named Steve Brodie (Ray Winstone) who goes to the Devon seaside resort of Torquay after leaving borstal where he is seen easily winning in a swimming race. He befriends the son of a butcher from London named Jimmy (Tony London) and they start dating two girls from Northern England. Steve works in a pub, Jimmy hires skiffs on the beach and the girls are employed as chambermaids at a hotel. Three loutish Scottish youths have some confrontations with Steve and then frame him for a robbery at a chemist shop. This leads to his arrest just before the start of a 'round the bay' swimming race in which he is due to compete against one of them.

• Ray Winstone – Steve Brodie
• Tony London – Jimmy
• Emily Moore – Carole
• Julie Shipley – Angie
• Andrew Byatt - Georgie
• Jon Morrison – Tam
• Ewan Stewart – Stu
• John Junkin – Mr Swales
• John Judd – Swimming coach
• David Daker – Pub landlord
• Jo Rowbottom – Pub landlady
• Stephanie Cole - Mrs Mainwaring
• Nicholas Donnelly – Detective
• Nick Stringer – Policeman
• Michael Crolla – Barman in Disco
• Colin Higgins – Probation officer
• Ben Howard – Borstal officer
• Michael J. Jackson – Hotel clerk
• David Lloyd Meredith – Beach skiff man
• David Pratt - Coach Driver

Winstone received a BAFTA award as Best Newcomer for his performance in the film and he met his wife-to-be Elaine when shooting it in Torquay.[1]

Songs by new wave groups including Elvis Costello and The Attractions and the Ramones can be heard in the background during beach and pub scenes and a soundtrack was released on Arista Records.[2] The soundtrack was produced as an LP with several punk bands. The album was available on unique yellow vinyl.

• That Summer! at IMDb