Expresso Bongo

Plot

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

  • Val Guest

    Director

  • Wolf Mankowitz

    Screenplay

  • Wolf Mankowitz

    Writer

  • Julian More

    Writer

  • John Wilcox

    Director of Photography

  • Bill Lenny

    Editor

  • 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

  • Gilbert Harding

    Self

  • Hermione Baddeley

    Penelope

  • Eric Pohlmann

    Leon

  • Reginald Beckwith

    Rev. Tobias Craven

  • Wilfrid Lawson

    Mr Rudge

  • Avis Bunnage

    Mrs Rudge

  • Susan Burnet

    Edna Rudge

  • Susan Hampshire

    Cynthia

  • Kenneth Griffith

    Charlie

  • Patrick Cargill

    Psychiatrist

  • Lisa Peake

    Chinese Rose

  • Esma Cannon

    Nightclub Cleaner

  • Barry Lowe

    Beast Burns

  • Davy Kaye

    Racer

  • Timothy Bateson

    Amusement Arcade Manager

  • Burt Kwouk

    Soho Youth

  • Jack McNaughton

    Jack

  • Reg Thomason

    Jukebox Delivery Man

  • Victor Harrington

    Press Photographer

  • Wolf Mankowitz

    Sandwich Man

  • Hank Marvin

    Lead Guitarist

  • Jet Harris

    Bass player in band

  • Runtime

    108 minutes

    Released

    1959-12-01

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Val Guest Productions

    Updated

    255 days ago

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