This is the story loosely based on Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock'n'roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950s. Freed was a source of great controversy: criticized by conservatives for corrupting youth with the "devil's music"; hated by racists for promoting African American music for white consumption; persecuted by law enforcement officials and finally brought down by the "payola" scandals.

• DirectorFloyd Mutrux
• Release17 March 1978
• Genre
  Drama / History
• Duration1h 31m
• Budget?
• Revenue$11,000,000
• Rate
  

  5.6
  19 reviews
• Productions

  Paramount Pictures