Original sentence: He had an uncredited bit part in Rollercoaster then played the starring role in the 1977 California high school comedy The Chicken Chronicles, set in Beverly Hills in 1969
Edited sentence: He had an uncredited bit part in Rollercoaster then played the starring role in the 1977 California high school comedy The Chicken Chronicles.The picture, set in Beverly Hills in the Spring of 1969, was not a big box-office success, but did become a cult classic after extensive showings on premium cable networks in the United States