Expresso Bongo

Dec 1, 1959

1h 51m

★ 5.1

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!

Overview

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

Genres

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

Val Guest Productions

Expresso Bongo Trailers

Cast

Johnny Jackson

Laurence Harvey

Maisie King

Sylvia Syms

Dixie Collins

Yolande Donlan

Bert Rudge / Bongo Herbert

Cliff Richard

Mayer

Meier Tzelniker

Lady Rosemary

Ambrosine Phillpotts

Self

Gilbert Harding

Penelope

Hermione Baddeley

Leon

Eric Pohlmann

Rev. Tobias Craven

Reginald Beckwith

Mr Rudge

Wilfrid Lawson

Mrs Rudge

Avis Bunnage

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