Expresso Bongo
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!
NR 1959 · 111 min · ★ 5.3 · Comedy, Music
A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.
Directed by Val Guest · Written by Wolf Mankowitz
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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 - G Gilbert Harding Self
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Hermione Baddeley Penelope -
Eric Pohlmann Leon -
Reginald Beckwith Rev. Tobias Craven -
Wilfrid Lawson Mr Rudge -
Avis Bunnage Mrs Rudge
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