Sussex on Screen: Quadrophenia

The ultimate mods vs rockers clash, based on The Who’s double-album rock opera, Quadrophenia stars Phil Daniels as the mod on an odyssey to Brighton.

Featuring a cast of established and future stars including Leslie Ash, Ray Winstone, Timothy Spall and Sting, and The Who’s monumental rock soundtrack, Quadrophenia is a blistering benchmark of British rock ‘n’ roll cinema and one of the finest portrayals of British subcultures ever seen on the big screen. 

Young mod Jimmy (Phil Daniels) escapes his humdrum existence by disappearing into a world of music, drugs and sex, but it’s a lifestyle that steers him into trouble once he makes the short trip from London to the south coast. After getting arrested for his involvement in the culture-clash riots, his already fragile mental state frays ever closer to breaking point.