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Quadrophenia (1979) More at IMDb Pro »

• Amanda Barrie turned down the role of Jimmy's mother.
  
  
• Last feature film of John Bindon.
  
  
• First full length feature film of Timothy Spall.
  
  

• 'GS' actually stands for Grand Sport, a popular model of Vespa scooter in the 1960s
  
  
• The Who appear not just on the edition of "Ready, Steady, Go!" (1963) that Jimmy watches and an album sleeve at the house party, but also a portrait of Pete Townshend is on the boy's bedroom wall.
  
  
• On the front of the scooter that Jimmy steels from Ace are the yellow initials "GS". These initials stand for Gordon Sumner, the real name of Sting, who plays the part of Ace Face.
  
  

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