Deadman's Curve is a 1978 made for TV film

Film

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 based on the musical careers

Jan and Dean

Jan and Dean were a rock and roll duo, popular from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s, consisting of William Jan Berry and Dean Ormsby Torrence...

 of Jan Berry and Dean Torrence. Developed from a 1974 article published in the Rolling Stone magazine by Paul Morantz

Paul Morantz

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, who also helped write the screenplay

Screenplay

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.

Plot

On Jan and Dean's rise to the top of the music industry, a horrible car accident leaves Jan Berry incapacitated and their dreams shattered. With the help of Dean and others, Jan slowly recovers, learning again to walk and talk. A comeback to the music industry is seen as a slim chance, but Jan's willingness to try and with Dean right by his side, the duo aim for another shot.

Cast

• Jan Berry: Richard Hatch
  Richard Hatch
  Richard Hatch is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica television series, and also as Tom Zarek in the remake of Battlestar Galactica....
  
  
• Dean Torrence: Bruce Davison
  Bruce Davison
  Bruce Davison is an American actor and director.-Early life:Davison was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Marian E. , a secretary, and Clair W. Davison, a musician, architect, and draftsman for the Army Engineers. His parents divorced when he was three years old. He was raised by his...
  
  
• Annie: Pamela Bellwood
  Pamela Bellwood
  Pamela Bellwood is an American actress most famous for her role as Claudia Blaisdel Carrington on the 1980s prime time soap opera, Dynasty....
  
  
• Dr. Vivian Sheehan: Floy Dean
• Susan: Denise DuBarry
  Denise DuBarry
  Denise DuBarry is an American actress, businesswoman, film producer, and philanthropist. She co-founded Thane International, Inc. a global leader in the direct response industry along with her husband, Bill Hay in 1990...
  
  
• Billy: Kelly Ward
  Kelly Ward
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• Bob "The Jackel" Smith: Wolfman Jack
  Wolfman Jack
  Robert Weston Smith, known commonly as Wolfman Jack was a gravelly voiced US disc jockey who became famous in the 1960s and 1970s.-Early career:...
  
  
• Rainbow: Susan Sullivan
  Susan Sullivan
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Also features cameo appearances by Dick Clark and Beach Boys Mike Love

Mike Love

Michael Edward "Mike" Love is an American singer/songwriter and musician with The Beach Boys. He was a founding member of the band along with his cousins Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, and their friend Al Jardine, and continues to perform with the band to the present day...

 and Bruce Johnston

Bruce Johnston

Bruce Arthur Johnston is a member of The Beach Boys and a songwriter, remembered especially for composing "I Write the Songs". Johnston was not one of the original members of the band...

. Also, Jan Berry himself and his parents appear in the audience at the end of the movie.

Featured Songs

All songs featured are the original recordings, except where indicated

• Dead Man's Curve
• Jennie Lee (Jan & Dean version)
• Baby Talk
• Barbara Ann
• The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
• Sidewalk Surfin'
• Like A Summer Rain
• Surf City