Comedy ·Music · United Kingdom · 1959 · 1h 51m

Expresso Bongo

Expresso Bongo poster
Director
Val Guest
Cast
Laurence Harvey as Johnny Jackson Sylvia Syms as Maisie King Yolande Donlan as Dixie Collins Cliff Richard as Bert Rudge / Bongo Herbert Meier Tzelniker as Mayer Ambrosine Phillpotts as Lady Rosemary
Crew
John Wilcox — Director of Photography Bill Lenny — Editor Wolf Mankowitz — Screenplay Wolf Mankowitz — Writer Julian More — Writer Val Guest — Producer
Tagline

Laurence Harvey in an outstanding and different motion picture that takes you into a world of burlesque houses .. jazz dens ... and flesh-and-blood people!

Synopsis

A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.

Trailer Expresso Bongo — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
london, englandrock 'n' rollpop starnightclubbased on play or musicalpromoter
Key Collaborators
Val Guest Director John Wilcox Director of Photography Bill Lenny Editor Wolf Mankowitz Screenplay Wolf Mankowitz Writer Julian More Writer Val Guest Producer Beatrice Dawson Costume Design
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