Velvett Fogg
05-08-2007, 03:43 AM
Expresso Bongo (1960)
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Directed by;- Val Guest
Writing credits;-
Wolf Mankowitz
Julian More
Plot Summary
Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Bert's protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny starts him on the road to stardom. The deal they cut, however, is highly exploitative of the young singer, and their relationship soon begins to go bad.
Cast
Laurence Harvey ... Johnny Jackson
Sylvia Syms ... Maisie King
Yolande Donlan ... Dixie Collins
Cliff Richard ... Bert Rudge/Bongo Herbert
Meier Tzelniker ... Mayer
Ambrosine Phillpotts ... Lady Rosemary
Eric Pohlmann ... Leon
Gilbert Harding ... Himself
Hermione Baddeley ... Penelope
Reginald Beckwith ... Reverend Tobias Craven
Paula Barry ... Intime girl - dancer (uncredited)
Avis Bunnage ... Mrs. Rudge (uncredited)
Rita Burke ... Intime girl - dancer (uncredited)
Susan Burnet ... Edna Rudge (uncredited)
Esma Cannon ... Night club cleaner (uncredited)
Jill Carson ... Teenager (uncredited)
Patty Dalton ... Intime girl (uncredited)
Roy Everson ... Miss Collins' chauffeur (uncredited)
Kenneth Griffith ... Charlie (uncredited)
Susan Hampshire ... Cynthia (uncredited)
Jet Harris ... Bass guitarist in beat group (uncredited)
Katherine Keeton ... Alma (uncredited)
Burt Kwouk ... Soho youth (uncredited)
Copeland Lawrence ... Toastmaster (uncredited)
Wilfrid Lawson ... Mr. Rudge (uncredited)
Patricia Lewis ... Woman Columnist (uncredited)
Barry Lowe ... Beast Burns (uncredited)
Wolf Mankowitz ... Sandwich Man (uncredited)
Hank B. Marvin ... Lead guitarist in beat group (uncredited)
Tony Meehan ... Drummer in beat group (uncredited)
Martin Miller ... Kakky (uncredited)
Pamela Morris ... Intime girl (uncredited)
Peter Myers ... Cynthia's boy friend (uncredited)
Maureen O'Connor ... Intime girl - dancer (uncredited)
Norma Parnell ... Secretary (uncredited)
Lisa Peake ... Chinese Rose (uncredited)
Christine Phillips ... Drusilla (uncredited)
Sylvia Steele ... Intime girl - dancer (uncredited)
Bruce Welch ... Rhythm guitarist in beat group (uncredited)
http://a0.vox.com/6a00b8ea0717691bc000d09e4a69c8be2b-pi
Directed by;- Val Guest
Writing credits;-
Wolf Mankowitz
Julian More
Plot Summary
Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Bert's protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny starts him on the road to stardom. The deal they cut, however, is highly exploitative of the young singer, and their relationship soon begins to go bad.
Cast
Laurence Harvey ... Johnny Jackson
Sylvia Syms ... Maisie King
Yolande Donlan ... Dixie Collins
Cliff Richard ... Bert Rudge/Bongo Herbert
Meier Tzelniker ... Mayer
Ambrosine Phillpotts ... Lady Rosemary
Eric Pohlmann ... Leon
Gilbert Harding ... Himself
Hermione Baddeley ... Penelope
Reginald Beckwith ... Reverend Tobias Craven
Paula Barry ... Intime girl - dancer (uncredited)
Avis Bunnage ... Mrs. Rudge (uncredited)
Rita Burke ... Intime girl - dancer (uncredited)
Susan Burnet ... Edna Rudge (uncredited)
Esma Cannon ... Night club cleaner (uncredited)
Jill Carson ... Teenager (uncredited)
Patty Dalton ... Intime girl (uncredited)
Roy Everson ... Miss Collins' chauffeur (uncredited)
Kenneth Griffith ... Charlie (uncredited)
Susan Hampshire ... Cynthia (uncredited)
Jet Harris ... Bass guitarist in beat group (uncredited)
Katherine Keeton ... Alma (uncredited)
Burt Kwouk ... Soho youth (uncredited)
Copeland Lawrence ... Toastmaster (uncredited)
Wilfrid Lawson ... Mr. Rudge (uncredited)
Patricia Lewis ... Woman Columnist (uncredited)
Barry Lowe ... Beast Burns (uncredited)
Wolf Mankowitz ... Sandwich Man (uncredited)
Hank B. Marvin ... Lead guitarist in beat group (uncredited)
Tony Meehan ... Drummer in beat group (uncredited)
Martin Miller ... Kakky (uncredited)
Pamela Morris ... Intime girl (uncredited)
Peter Myers ... Cynthia's boy friend (uncredited)
Maureen O'Connor ... Intime girl - dancer (uncredited)
Norma Parnell ... Secretary (uncredited)
Lisa Peake ... Chinese Rose (uncredited)
Christine Phillips ... Drusilla (uncredited)
Sylvia Steele ... Intime girl - dancer (uncredited)
Bruce Welch ... Rhythm guitarist in beat group (uncredited)