Expresso Bongo (1959)
Release Date: Dec 1, 1959 Wide
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In this witty music-business satire, Johnny Jackson (Laurence Harvey) is a talent agent down on his luck who thinks his tide may have turned when he spots a teenage rock & roll fan wailing away in a coffeehouse. Dubbing him "Bongo Herbert" (Cliff Richard, in a role the now knighted and born-again pop icon would probably prefer to forget), Johnny puts Herbert on the fast track to teenage stardom, using his record company and radio connections to make Herbert's first single a smash hit. Johnny
Dec 1, 1959 Wide
Mar 8, 2005
Cast
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Laurence Harvey
Johnny Jackson -
Sylvia Syms
Maisie King -
Yolande Donlan
Dixie Collins -
Cliff Richard
Bongo Herbert -
Meier Tzelniker
Mayer -
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Lady Rosemary -
Eric Pohlmann
Leon -
Gilbert Harding
Himself -
Hermione Baddeley
Penelope -
Reginald Beckwith
Rev. Tobias Craven -
Wilfred Lawson
Mr. Rudge -
Martin Miller
Kakky -
Avis Bunnage
Mrs. Rudge -
Barry Lowe
Beast Burns -
Kenneth Griffith
Charlie -
Susan Hampshire
Cynthia -
Peter Myers
Cynthia's boy friend -
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Wolf Mankowitz
Sandwich Man -
Susan Burnet
Edna Rudge -
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Has a charm all its own, but that's not enough to take the ringing of the bongo drums out of my ears.
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Movie: ID: 770674152 Title: Expresso Bongo Release Date: 1959-12-01 00:00:00.0 MPAA: 6 Status: 1
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