Tommy

After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.

Cast

Oliver Reed

as Frank

Ann-Margret

as Nora

Roger Daltrey

as Tommy

Elton John

as The Pinball Wizard

Eric Clapton

as The Preacher

John Entwistle

as Himself

Keith Moon

as Uncle Ernie

Paul Nicholas

as Cousin Kevin

Jack Nicholson

as The Specialist

Robert Powell

as Captain Walker

Reviews

CinemaSerf

"Tommy" (Barry Winch) is a young lad who lives an almost zombified existence with his mother "Nora" (Ann-Margret) and her second husband "Frank" (Oliver Reed). Flashback tells us that her first husband (Robert Powell) was a gallant flier during the second world war who didn't make it through, and so...

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