2 February 1959. The Winter Dance party, Clear Lake, Iowa - another date on Buddy Holly's whistle-stop tour. Across the Atlantic, a schoolboy models his life on the rock 'n' roll star whose music and untimely death affected the lives of a generation.

A gritty, atmospheric tale of robbery, deceit and dangerous driving, it tracks the fortunes of a gang of unlikely hoods and their naive new recruit in the run up to the bank job that will change their lives forever.